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Summary
TLDRIn 'Stories from India,' host Narad Monei, a mythological character with eternal life, narrates tales from Indian mythology. This episode features Tanali Raman, a cunning court jester in the 1500s Vijaynagaram kingdom, who cruelly starves a royal puppy to win a tail-straightening contest, only to outwit the king and priests with a fine-print trick. The episode also introduces Bakasur, a gluttonous demon, and promises future stories of animal wit and warrior prowess.
Takeaways
- ποΈ The podcast 'Stories from India' explores myths, legends, and folk tales from India's diverse cultures.
- π€ The host, Narad Mone, is a mythological character with the gift of eternal life, knowledge, and truth-speaking abilities.
- π Each episode features a story from Indian mythology and a 'Character of the Week' segment.
- β οΈ The podcast includes a disclaimer about cruelty to animals in the story of Tanali Raman.
- π The story of Tanali Raman involves a contest to straighten the tails of royal puppies, showcasing various methods and attitudes towards the task.
- π Tanali Raman wins the contest by starving his puppy to make its tail straight, receiving 100 gold coins from the king.
- π‘ Tanali Raman invents the concept of 'fine print' to trick the priests into accepting only one copper coin instead of 100 gold coins for appeasing a supposed ghost.
- π The story of Tanali Raman's trick with the horse and fine print has parallels in modern airline deals.
- π Tanali Raman's death is ironically caused by an animal, a snake, reflecting his cruel treatment of animals throughout his life.
- π The character Bakasur from the Mahabharat is introduced as a demon synonymous with gluttony in India.
- π The podcast promises future episodes on Akbar and Birbal, drawing parallels to the stories of Tanali Raman and the king.
Q & A
What is the podcast 'Stories from India' about?
-The podcast 'Stories from India' is about discussing myths, legends, and folk tales from India, exploring the diverse cultures and their unique mythologies.
Who is the host of 'Stories from India' and what is his role in the stories?
-The host is Narad Mone, a mythological character who appears in many of the stories and plays an important role in some, having been given the gift of eternal life, knowledge of the past, present, and future, and always speaking the truth.
What is the main theme of the episode about Tanali Raman?
-The episode focuses on the story of Tanali Raman, a court jester in the Kingdom of Vijaynagaram, who is known for outwitting the king, his fellow courtiers, or the priesthood, often making lots of gold in the process.
Why did King Krishna Raya organize a tail-straightening contest for his royal dog's puppies?
-King Krishna Raya organized the contest because he noticed that none of the puppies had a straight tail, and he was obsessed with the idea of having straight tails on his dogs.
How did Tanali Raman approach the tail-straightening contest differently from the other participants?
-Tanali Raman approached the contest by starving his puppy, giving it barely enough food to survive, which resulted in a straight tail due to the puppy's weakened state.
What was the consequence of Tanali Raman's cruel treatment of the puppy in the contest?
-The consequence was that Tanali Raman's puppy ended up with a straight tail but also looked the most sickly, and it eventually passed away due to starvation.
What trick did Tanali Raman play on the priests when they demanded 100 gold coins to appease the puppy's ghost?
-Tanali Raman tricked the priests by selling his horse for one copper coin and a footnote stating that the buyer also had to purchase the saddle for 100 gold coins. The priests only received the copper coin as per their agreement.
What is the significance of the character Bakasur in Indian mythology?
-Bakasur is a giant demon from the Mahabharat, known for his insatiable appetite and gluttony, which has made his name synonymous with overeating in much of India.
How did the villagers attempt to deal with Bakasur's terrorizing of their village?
-The villagers made a deal with Bakasur to send him a cartload of food every day in exchange for him stopping the looting and killing.
What is the connection between Tanali Raman and the historical figure Akbar and his court jester Bebel?
-There are many parallels between Tanali Raman and the stories of Akbar and Bebel, although Bebel joined Akbar's court about 26 years after Tanali Raman's death, and the stories and rewards are different.
What can listeners expect from the next episode of 'Stories from India'?
-In the next episode, listeners can expect stories involving animals where basic physics knowledge can help secure a good meal or even save a life, featuring the character Cordice, a warrior who travels on a tiger and can defeat demons with her hands tied behind her back.
Outlines
ποΈ Introduction to Stories from India Podcast
The podcast 'Stories from India' is introduced by the host, Narad Mone, who is a mythological character with eternal life and knowledge. The show delves into Indian mythology, covering myths, legends, and folk tales from the diverse cultures of India. Each episode includes a story from Indian mythology and a 'Character of the Week' segment. The host warns of cruelty to dogs in the episode, which is the second part of the Tanali Raman series. The story is set in the 1500s in the Kingdom of Vijayanagaram, ruled by Krishna Devaraya, and involves Tanali Raman, a court jester known for outwitting others and making gold. The episode also introduces the character Bakasur, a demon known for his insatiable appetite.
π Cruelty and Cunning in the Kingdom's Tail-Straightening Contest
In the Kingdom of Vijayanagaram, King Krishna Devaraya holds a contest to straighten the tails of his royal dog's puppies, offering 100 gold coins as a reward. Various people attempt to win using different methods, but Tanali Raman, known for his poor treatment of animals and greed for gold, starves his puppy to make its tail straight. Despite the puppy's sickly appearance, the King rewards Raman for his 'success'. However, the puppy dies, and the priests, with an ulterior motive, claim the puppy's ghost haunts the land and demand 100 gold coins to appease it. Raman cleverly avoids paying by selling his horse for one copper coin, using a trick involving fine print that has since become a model for airline deals.
π The Art of Fine Print and Raman's Deceit
Tanali Raman's trick with the horse involves a sale advertised for one copper coin, but with a footnote that the buyer must also purchase the saddle for 100 gold coins. The priests, expecting a large sum, are tricked into accepting only one copper coin after Raman claims that all fees and charges must be deducted from the sale price. Raman's cunning allows him to avoid the priests' demand for gold coins, leaving them with nothing but a copper coin. The story highlights Raman's ability to manipulate situations to his advantage, even at the expense of others.
π The Irony of Tanali Raman's Demise and Additional Notes
Tanali Raman, known for his cruelty to animals and cunning ways, meets an ironic end when he is bitten by a snake. He requests the king for help, but his message is ignored, assuming it to be another trick. Raman's death is seen as a fitting end for someone who made a living from mistreating animals. The podcast also notes similarities between Raman and the historical figure Birbal, who served Emperor Akbar and was known for his wit rather than cruelty. Raman is remembered as a great poet and polyglot, able to speak eight languages, despite his negative traits. The podcast concludes with a teaser for the next episode, which will feature animal stories and the character Cordice, a warrior who travels on a tiger.
π΅ Sign Off and Acknowledgements
The podcast concludes with music and acknowledgments to the host's family and friends for their support. The host invites listeners to visit the podcast's website, SFIpodcast.com, for more information and to follow them on Twitter at @SFIpodcast. The music is credited to Purple Planet, and the host expresses gratitude for the support received, promising to see the audience in the next episode.
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Keywords
π‘Narad Muni
π‘Tanali Raman
π‘Krishna Devaraya
π‘Tail-Straightening Contest
π‘Gold Coins
π‘Bakasur
π‘Fine Print
π‘Animal Cruelty
π‘Punishment
π‘SBCA and PETA
Highlights
Introduction to the podcast 'Stories from India' which explores myths, legends, and folk tales from India.
Host Narad Monei is a mythological character with eternal life and knowledge of the past, present, and future.
The podcast discusses the story of Tanali Raman, a court jester in the Kingdom of Vijay Nagaram during the 1500s.
Tanali Raman is known for outwitting the king, courtiers, and priesthood, often making lots of gold in the process.
The episode features a story where Tanali Raman is cruel to a dog, leading to the invention of the concept of fine print.
King Krishna Deara, ruler of Vijayam, has a royal dog that has just had puppies, none of which have straight tails.
A tail straightening contest is announced, with the winner to receive 100 gold coins.
Tanali Raman volunteers for the contest, treating animals poorly in his quest for gold coins.
Various methods are attempted to straighten the puppies' tails, from humane to cruel.
Tanali Raman's puppy ends up with a straight tail, but at the cost of its health.
The king rewards Tanali Raman with 100 gold coins despite the puppy's poor condition.
The priests claim the puppy's ghost will haunt the land until appeased, demanding 100 gold coins from Tanali Raman.
Tanali Raman tricks the priests by selling his horse for one copper coin, avoiding the payment.
The character Bakasur is introduced, a demon known for his insatiable appetite.
Bakasur's story involves a deal with villagers to provide him food in exchange for peace.
Tanali Raman's death is mentioned, involving an encounter with an animal, fitting for his cruel nature.
The podcast notes the historical parallels between Tanali Raman and Akbar and Bebel.
Tanali Raman is remembered for his wit, stories, poetry, and multilingual abilities.
The podcast invites listeners to visit SFI podcast.com for more information and artwork.
The music for the podcast is sourced from Purple Planet, and the host thanks family and friends for their support.
Transcripts
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hello and welcome to stories from India
a podcast where we talk about myths
Legends and folk tales from
India now as you probably know India is
a very diverse country there are dozens
of distinct cultures each with their own
brand of Mythology and in their own
language I'm your host narad monei and
I'm a mythological character
myself I personally appear in many of
these stories and I play an important
role in
some I was given the gift of eternal
life and knowledge of the past the
present and the future and I also always
speak the truth I'm a a traveling
musician and a Storyteller by profession
so the way I'm doing my job is by
podcast during each episode we'll be
talking about a story from Indian
mythology followed by a character of the
week
segment a quick disclaimer before we
begin Today's show there's cruelty to
dogs in today's
story this episode is part two of tanali
Raman stories it might be worth less
listening to the previous episode but
you don't have to the story in this one
stands
alone some quick context setting if you
haven't heard part one Tali Raman is a
courtchester in the Kingdom of Vijay
nagaram which is ruled by krishnaa rer
the story is set in the
1500s most of the stories are about how
tanali Raman outwits the king his fellow
courtiers or the priesthood or all of
them somehow making lots of gold in the
process this week we'll see tanali Raman
being cruel to a dog and we will also
see him invent the idea of fine print
Airlines across the whole world still
follow this dirty trick he
invented the character this week is
bakasur a demon who eats so much he can
even give the people behind man versus
food some
nightmares you definitely don't want to
take him to a restaurant with a buffet
as he'll probably finish all the food
and eat all the other patrons and your
ride home as
well King Krishna dear Raya whom I'm
just going to call the King was
presiding over his court in the Kingdom
of
vijayam he had a royal dog and the dog
had just had puppies 10 of
them before you go a I must caution you
instead of taking selfies with the cute
little puppies and uploading them on
social media the king had a horrible
idea when he noticed that none of the
puppies had a straight
tail I don't understand the king's
obsession with a straight tail why
should the shape of the tail
matter but he was the king so when he
announced a tail straightening contest
people jumped at the chance the contest
winner was to get 100 gold
coins and that made people Overlook how
cute the puppies
were the puppies were distributed
amongst the first 10 people to sign up
Denali Raman was one of
them he habitually treated animals
poorly and was always on the lookout for
gold coins so this was probably a dream
come true for
ramen many of the other volunteers tried
Humane methods to straighten their puppy
tail one of them created a collar for
his puppy's tail to nudge it into
becoming straight over
time another hired a very expensive
massar to massage their puppy's
tail a third person was a bit less nice
he tied a heavy Stone to the puppy's
tail to weigh it down and straighten
it the fourth person consulted a wet and
got a prescription for some miracle
drugs the next person decided to leave
it up to higher Powers he prayed to God
in a
temple someone else left their puppy
alone believing the tail would
straighten itself over
time yet another person decided that
feeding the puppy would be the right
thing to do this last puppy got the
Royal
Treatment the courtier spent a lot of
money on the puppy even at the expense
of his own
family rahen didn't do any of of that he
simply tied up the puppy and gave it
barely enough food for it to
survive now this is a fictional story
that doesn't make any sense which is why
raman's puppy ended up with a straight
tail starving a puppy is a terrible idea
please don't do
this at the end of the contest the king
asked for and examined all 10 puppies
and he saw how ramens was the only one
with the straight
tail Ran's puppy was also the one that
looked the most sickly but that didn't
seem to bother the
King instead of punishing rahen the king
gave him 100 gold
coins and praised him
again seriously what is wrong with this
Kingdom this is why we have
organizations like the sbca and the
Peter anyway not long after
and to no one's surprise raman's puppy
passed
away the priest called Raman out on
that finally someone seems to be showing
some sense in this
story you starved the poor little puppy
to death they said to
Ramen but it was soon clear that they
had an ulterior
motive the priest claimed that their
super spiritual enlightened state had
allowed them to see what others hadn't
seen and what exactly is that asked
Raman the do
killer simple they said the puppy ghost
will wander the land restlessly haunting
everyone until it is
appeased in a completely unrelated
coincidence we priests are the only ones
who can appease the
ghost since Denali had caused the dog's
death he has to pay us 100 gold coins
for all the hard work
involved
Tali who could sense a plot a mile away
was quick to spot one this time as well
he had an
idea I don't have any money on me right
now he said but if you really really
insist I can sell my very fine horse and
give the money to
you the priest knew tali's horse was
really a fine
one this was probably the same chicken
wing eater from the last
episode they knew the horse was worth at
least 100 gold coins and so they readily
agreed but Ramen pulled a cheap and
dirty trick on them and to this day this
trick has been a model for Airlines all
over the world when they offer
deals Raman put out a forsale sign and
an ad to sell his horse but added an
asterisk and a
footnote not long after the priests who
hadn't paid much attention to the ad
saw ramen's horse being led Away by its
new
owner eagerly looking forward to getting
their gold they immediately went to
Ramen and asked him to pay
up Ramen said of course I'll be happy to
pay you whatever the buyer paid me minus
administrative fees taxes titles or
charges and pro rated
insurance when the Priest started
raising a stink about this rahen said
you know what I'm feeling being real
generous today and I like you guys so
I'm going to do you guys a huge favor
I'll wave all the fees when he saw the
priest PR the collective sigh of relief
Raman added besides I can't really
deduct any fees what I got for that
horse was just one copper coin like just
one cent you can't really expect me to
give you part of one cent can
you one copper coin what are you talking
talking about asked the
priest the horse was worth at least 100
gold
coins oh maybe you guys didn't get the
memo said Ramen I sold the horse for one
copper
coin one copper coin are you crazy the
priest
exclaimed not really said
Ramen but you see you should have paid
more attention to my ad and the fine
print the listed price was indeed a
copper coin but Ramen had added a
footnote it said that to qualify for
this incredible once in A- lifetime deal
the buyer also had to buy the horse's
saddle for the trivial sum of 100 gold
coins 100 gold coins and one copper coin
was still a pretty good deal for the
horse and its saddle so Raman was able
to find a buyer quickly
enough the priest couldn't really
complain they had agreed to only receive
from Ramen whatever money he got for the
horse so one copper coin is all they
got so the priest got tricked by Ramen
they were the losers in the story the
owner of the new horse got a fair price
for the horse and he was happy Raman was
happy too he managed to get out of a
sticky situation with the priest and he
got a fair deal on his
horse way more than he deserved
but I'm sure the horse was happiest of
all seeing as how rahen treated his cat
and his dog I'm sure the horse would
have leapt for Joy at the news that he
was being
sold that's it for that story since we
are on the topic of animals I thought
I'd include one additional little
snippet from the life or as it happens
the death of Tali
ran for someone who spent a lifetime
making money off of being being cruel to
animals it's tragic but still somehow
befitting that he died from an encounter
with an
animal Ramen was out walking one day and
was suddenly bitten by a snake he lay on
the ground as the poison made its way
through his
wiins he asked a passer by to send an
Urgent Message to the king but the king
ignored it thinking this was another of
Tali raman's
tricks in another version of the story
The King had died a few years before
Ramen so in that version there's no
mention of a message being
sent but given it's the
1500s recordkeeping wasn't very exact
then some notes on the stories there are
many parallels between Tali Raman and
the king and the stories of Akbar and
bebel bebel joined akbar's Court about
26 years after tanali raman's death in
beb's case the setup is very similar but
the stories themselves are different and
the reward often isn't a 100 gold coins
but simply praise from the
emperor and Akbar definitely does not
often praise bebel for harming any
animals we'll definitely do several akar
pbal episodes later on in the
podcast while tanali Raman is remembered
for his wit and his stories he was also
a great poet and a polyglot he was able
to speak eight different
languages it's a shame that he had to be
such a jerk to
animals there is some artwork from
Krishna dear Raya and the Vijay nagaram
Kingdom I've linked some pictures of
sculptures and paintings on my site SFI
podcast.com if you want to have a
look the character this week is
bakasur bakasur is a giant demon who
appears in the
Mahabharat his name has come come to be
synonymous with gluttony in much of
India bakasur was a demon who terrorized
a village near the cave where he lived
killing and eating
indiscriminately the villagers made a
deal they wanted to show a fixed loss on
their portfolio instead of a floating
one they would send bakasur a cartload
of food every day if he could please
just stop looting and killing them so
from that day on bakasur consisted of an
oxcart load of food followed by The Oxen
and the car driver for
dessert that is until he met Pima the
mighty Pand and possibly the strongest
man in the world but that's for another
episode next week we'll dive into some
animal stories where you'll find out how
some basic physics knowledge can help
you get a good meal or maybe even save
your
life the character next week is a
warrior cordice who travels on a tiger
and who can casually destroy any demon
even with her hands tied behind her back
all eight of
them since I'm several thousands of
years old my memory may be imperfect at
times so if you see any errors in my
podcast please Point them out to me if
you have any questions comments or
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SFI podcast.com the site is also linked
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