EpicsClassic retold
Bharata and the Sandals
Prince Bharata comes home to find that his mother has sent his beloved brother Rama into exile so that Bharata can be king. He does not want the throne. So he walks into the forest to bring Rama back.
ReflectionFable & folk tale
The Empty Pot
An old emperor gives every child in the land a single seed. Whoever grows the finest flower, he says, will rule after him. One boy's seed will not grow.
HistoryHistorical narrative
The Great Charter
In June 1215, in a riverside meadow in England, an unpopular king was forced to accept a list of promises. It failed within weeks, yet its ideas have outlived every king since.
HistoryHistorical narrative
The King Who Chose Peace
More than two thousand years ago, the most powerful ruler in India won a terrible war, and then did something almost no conqueror has ever done. He had his sorrow carved into stone for everyone to read.
FoundersBiography
The Man Who Built a Nation of Steel
Jamsetji Tata dreamed of steel mills, power stations and a great institute of science for a country that was not yet free. He did not live to see most of them built. This is the story of how he planted them anyway.
FoundersBiography
The Milkman of India
Verghese Kurien was sent to a small Gujarat town against his wishes and planned to leave as soon as he could. He stayed for the rest of his life, and helped millions of village farmers turn their milk into a livelihood.
True StoriesTrue story
Trapped in the Ice
In 1915, Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance was crushed by Antarctic ice. Twenty-eight men were stranded at the bottom of the world. Every one of them came home.
Famous LivesBiography
Twenty-Seven Years
Nelson Mandela spent twenty-seven years in prison for opposing apartheid. He came out not seeking revenge, but determined to build a country for everyone.
MotivationFable & folk tale
The King and the Spider
Defeated, hunted and hiding in a cave, King Robert the Bruce of Scotland was ready to give up. Then he watched a spider try, and fail, and try again.