In this short episode, we read two of Aesop's fables related to animals. 

In this interesting story, we take a journey into the mind of our protagonist Gurdas who wants to get his name in the local newspaper at any cost. All he wants to do is become famous so he can die in peace? Well he does make it to the newspaper but at a cost. 

Hear three interesting stories of Mulla Nasruddin - each with a different flavor and message in Season 3, Episode 2 of Kissa Kahani Stories Before Sleep. 

In the first episode of Season 3, I ask you a small paheli created by Amir Khusro and narrate Harishankar Parsai's famous satire- Apni Apni Bimari. 

In this letter, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru is narrating how the Aryans started coming to the Dravid-dominated India and slowly dragged them beyond the Vindhya mountains. 

In this letter, Pt. Nehru briefly talks about fossils and old reptilians animals. He also mentions about the first mammals to roam earth. 

A small letter by Nehru in which he talks about fossils and sends his daughter Indira several pictures of fossilized fish

Pt. Nehru once again talks about the hundreds of millions of years where the earth remained devoid of humans and when they finally appeared, they remained small and powerless. 

In this episode, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru talks about the sad condition of the lives of common people and the extravagance of those who ruled them. He also details the lives of shamans who exploited common people for their own gains. 

In this episode, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru reprises how different people gained powers and became kings, only to keep that power within their families. Then came different courtesans, ministers, traders and artisans, followed by the working class that was exploited by other higher classes. 

Pt. Nehru tells Indira about the development of language and how the roman numerals were problematic to begin with. The world later learnt Arabic numerals which originated in India. 

In this letter, Pt. Nehru talks about the emergence of sea trade and how people wanted to cross the mightiest of oceans in order to create a more connected world ruled by activities of trade and commerce. 

In this letter, Pt. Nehru tells Indira how the civilizations of India and China developed away from the lands of Egypt and Mesopotamia. 

Stories of Midas, ancient Egypt and sacrifices made in the name of God are narrated in this letter by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter Indira. 

In this letter, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru talks to Indira about old cities and how they were rebuilt time and again. In this philosophical enquiry, he also discusses also it takes years for a civilization or a city to reach its zenith and them reach a point where it is deserted, only to become civilized again. 

In this letter, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru is telling Indira how the early people lived their lived and gave incredible importance to rivers like Ganga, Nile etc. 

In this letter, Nehru finally tells Indira how kings came into being and called their reign a divine right. Later, the people disliked their reign and threw them away, stripping them off power. However, in India, many kings remained who taxed people exorbitantly and lived lavish lifestyles at their expense. 

In this letter, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru tells Indira how chiefs of tribes started becoming more powerful and then began transferring their power to rule to their heirs, who mostly belonged to their own families. 

Nehru answers a question by Indira Priyadarshini on how the kings came into beings. However, before this he takes us to the journey of ancient beginnings of our civilization where we learnt to divide work, specially management to an elder. 

In this episode, Pandit Nehru talks about the ways in which agriculture changed our lives and how we turned from a species that roamed around with our cattle to people who settled in villages. 

In this episode, Jawaharlal Nehru narrates how religions came into being and how division of work takes place in modern society.

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru narrates how initial tribalism developed among people and how making small groups became the stepping stones for human civilization.

What is civilization? What defines civility? Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru describes this in the simplest and most unique way

Jawaharlal Nehru narrates how most langauges and people are connected to each other and how we are a part of one big family