This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. This unusual school had old railroad cars for classrooms, and it was run by an extraordinary man-its founder and headmaster, Sosaku Kobayashi--who was a firm believer in freedom of expression and activity.

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Lohris is the first festival to be celebrated in a calendar year in India. Here are some folk songs and stories related to Lohri in Punjabi.

Lohri Songs and Stories (Punjabi)

Title: Rail Pe
Language: Hindi
Teller: Nishant
Image: Mario Miranda, "Togetherness on the Local Train" 

Train Ki Yatra

A song story about a sad tree and his many friends who do some many things to make him happy again and wait till you hear, finally what really does make him happy.
Written and produced by: Deepali Parmar
Music: Uday Deshpande
Art: Andrew Foerster of Toronto, ON, Canada

Why the Tree is Sad?

How far would you go to be able to read a book? Would you invent a completely new language/symbol system just to be able to read a book? Meet one of the most important inventor of all times - Louis Braille's.
Writer: Jen Boris
Illustrations: Boris Kulikov
Hindi Translation: Vidushak

छह बिंदिया  - Six Dots: The Louis Braille Story

How far would you go to be able to read a book? Would you invent a completely new language/symbol system just to be able to read a book? Meet one of the most important inventor of all times - Louis Braille's.
Writer: Jen Boris
Illustrations: Boris Kulikov
Marathi Translation: Prabhakar Nanavati
Storyteller: Sunanda Hulyalkar

Katha Manoram

सहा ठिपकेः लुइ बृेलची कथा

A boy without a name. It is the story of how a boy seeks and eventually finds his own name, and is able to discard an old dream for a new and wonderful one, with the help of a wise old man.
Writer: Idries Shah
Illustration: Mona Caron

बीन नावाचा मुलगा

Babushka and the Three Kings is a Russian folktale of an old woman in the eternal search for the Christ baby.

बबुष्का आणि 3 राजे

A short interview with storyteller Sunanda Hulyalkar

Know the Storyteller - Sunanda Hulyalkar

Kyun Kyun Ladki

The Kahani (Hindi word for Story) Project aims to bring together storytellers from across the world who want to set stories free. We believe that listening to stories is a fundamental right of every child and captured in digital audio format stories can be made more accessible and available to children of all age groups, nationalities and disabilities. Our website (www.thekahaniproject.org) features audio stories recorded by volunteers who have a passion for storytelling and a little time on their hand. 

Anyone can contribute a story here and you can begin begin now. Sign-Up here - http://thekahaniproject.org/be-a-storyteller/ and we will walk you through the steps that will get you started with recording and uploading your digital audio stories.

Why the Tree is Sad?

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