Episodes 28
Avg. Duration 11m
Activity Dormant
Since Jun 2021
Latest Episode Apr 2025

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About This Podcast

There is a special place in our memory for our first love. We cherish that sweetness of festivals when we were growing up. A song from the 90s invokes many a colourful memories. The smell of the first monsoon rain evokes the imagery of paper boats that we rowed in little streams. We keep some memories hidden in our chest forever. My name is Alif, and I am a cinematographer by profession and a storyteller by choice. I grew up in a set-up where many evenings were spent listening to folklore from the elderly. I'd get hooked to those stories and would often bring them to life in my imagination. Qisse Kahaniyaan is my attempt to bring you some such memories wrapped in words and dressed in sound. My promise is that each of these stories will be juiced with nostalgia and memories. Millions of listeners seek out Bingepods (Ideabrew Studios Network content) every day. Get in touch with us to advertise, join the network or click listen to enjoy content by some of India's top audio creators. [email protected] Android | Apple

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From Outlaw to Icon: Phoolan Devi’s Story | Qisse Kahaniyaan Podcast

Apr 17, 2025 18m

She was born into oppression. She rose in defiance. Phoolan Devi was not just a woman—she was a storm. Branded a criminal, hailed as a warrior, she walked the razor’s edge between vengeance and…

Safdar Hashmi: Art, Activism, and a Lasting Legacy | Qisse Kahaniyaan Podcast

Apr 10, 2025 19m

Some artists perform. Safdar Hashmi provoked. A playwright, poet, and activist, he didn’t just tell stories—he fought battles with them. As the founder of Jana Natya Manch (JANAM), he wielded theatre…

S3E3 SHIV KUMAR BATALVI: The Poet Who Lived His Verses | Qisse Kahaniyaan Podcast

Apr 03, 2025 29m

In this dramatised episode of Qisse Kahaniyaan, Shiv Kumar Batalvi returns through the voice of an artist, narrating his own life. Blending poetic melancholy with an anchor’s narration, the episode…

S3E2 M. F. HUSAIN: BEYOND THE CANVAS | Qisse Kahaniyaan Podcast

Mar 27, 2025 26m

Few artists have shaped modern Indian art like Maqbool Fida Husain (M.F. Husain)—a painter whose bold strokes told stories of beauty, culture, and controversy. Known as the ‘Picasso of India’,…

S3E1 Saadat Hasan Manto: Between The Lines | Qisse Kahaniyaan Podcast

Mar 20, 2025 18m

Step into the world of Saadat Hasan Manto, the literary genius whose stories stirred hearts and sparked debates. In this episode of Qisse Kahaniyaan, Manto, brought to life by a talented voice…

S2E10 Aayinaa Part 3: A Time Capsule of Forgotten Stories

Mar 11, 2022 19m

This is the story of an antique mirror that has lived through historical times.  Crafted by Ustaad Azhar Ali in Shahjahanabad, the mirror finds itself in royal possession when it's gifted by his…

S2E9 Aayinaa Part 2: A Slice of History Preserved in Memory

Mar 04, 2022 11m

Ustaad Azhar Ali, a talented craftsman of Shahjahanabad, wants to make a mirror – a masterpiece worthy enough to be presented before the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar during Shaan-e-Hindustan, an…

S2E8 Aayinaa Part 1: Reflections of The Time Bygone

Feb 25, 2022 11m

An old mirror lies in a dusty corner of an antique shop in New Delhi's Janpath Market.  Over the years it has passed through many hands and although the mirror has lost its sheen now, it has seen…

S2E7 Candyman: Temptations and Curiosity of a School Boy

Feb 18, 2022 14m

Pappu, a 9-year-old boy, is intrigued by a man who he sees distributing candies to children outside his school. Even though he resists his temptations, his curiosity grows. While he is skeptical…

S2E6 Librarian Part 2: When the Lines of Partition Cut Across Books

Feb 11, 2022 10m

As the subcontinent is set to be divided in two separate nations – Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan, Amarjeet, a librarian in the small town of Amritsar gets a notice that his…

S2E5 Librarian Part 1: Of Books, Freedom and Partition

Feb 04, 2022 10m

It is the year 1947. The prolonged colonial occupation has finally ended but the subcontinent will be divided in two separate nations — Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. In a…

S2E4 Panna Lal Panauti Part 2: Breaking The Jinx

Jan 28, 2022 8m

Misfortunes refuse to leave Panna Lal alone, they keep tailing him like a shadow. His rotten luck is such that it has earned him the nickname of 'Panauti'. Now, Panna Lal has fallen in love with…

S2E3 Panna Lal Panauti Part 1: A Life Full of Misadventures

Jan 21, 2022 7m

They say life is full of ups and downs but for Panna Lal, it's a never-ending trail of misadventures. The poor chap's life is a tragicomedy where misfortune have been following him like a shadow…

S2E2 Baarishein Part 2 - Facing The Past to Cope With The Present

Jan 14, 2022 12m

Sahil, an ambitious man from a small town has made it big in Mumbai. He has managed to accomplish the dreams that he's been chasing after but not without paying a heavy price. He's been estranged…

S2E1 'Baarishein Part 1' — When Chasing Dreams Comes at a Cost

Jan 07, 2022 12m

Qisse Kahaniyaan by Alif is back and in the first episode of season 2, Alif narrates the story of Sahil, who pays the price of chasing his dreams with a personal loss. What should he do to leave…

S2 S2: Qisse Kahaniyaan is Coming Back This January, Submit Your Best Fiction Stories!

Jan 04, 2022 1m

Stories are at the core of our living — we all love to hear stories but we also take refuge in the world of stories through the characters that we hear about, read and watch.  We laugh when they…

S1E12 'Gul aur Gulshan': A Love Story With No Ending

Sep 01, 2021 8m

All of us have read passionate stories about tragic lovers like Laila-Majnu, Heer-Ranja, or Soni-Mahiwal who stood with each other in the face of adversities. This episode of Qisse Kahaniya is based…

S1E11 'Mere Kuch Sawaal': In Search of Answers and Longing for Lost Love

Aug 25, 2021 11m

Life is filled with questions, many of them are answered but many others remain unanswered. The unease of not knowing why things happened to us when they happened to us gets deeper with the passage…

S1E10 'Meri Maa ki Shaadi' – Of Divorce, Remarriage, and All Things Fate (Part 2)

Aug 18, 2021 7m

In 'Meri Maa ki Shaadi', a daughter takes us on a journey of her mother's possible remarriage. Will the daughter be able to play cupid for her mother and bring two hearts closer to each other? In…

S1E9 'Meri Maa ki Shaadi' – Of Divorce , Remarriage, and All Things Fate (Part 1)

Aug 11, 2021 8m

Our society still finds difficult to readily accept remarriage of a divorced person. It is shrouded in taboo and shame. And what's considered even more unacceptable and outrageous is remarrying…

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Qisse Kahaniyaan has published 28 episodes since June 2021, covering topics in Drama, Fiction.

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