LaaL Chashma - Hindi Stories

Bonus: 'One Day 4 Children' with Cynthia McAffrey | Chief Representative, UNICEF India

10m · Published 13 Nov 05:30

I was privileged to have been invited byUNICEF India, as the only podcaster to collaborate on their 'One Day 4 Children' initiative. To celebrate this initiative, Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) turned blue on Nov 2nd.UNICEF Indiain collaboration with theInternational Cricket Council,Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and Indian Ministry of Education has launched the 'Criio for Good' online skills program in the wake of the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2023. It is aimed at promoting gender equality among girls and boys, using Cricket as a metaphor for learning important life lessons. Criiio is a celebration of all of the different ways cricket is played around the world.
I spoke withCynthia McCaffrey, Chief Representative ofUNICEFto India, on the thought process behind the selection of the theme of gender equality, the impact of the 8 online animated modules created under Criio for Good, and future plans for UNICEF to leverage the reach of sports to create a positive impact in society. This episode is in a content collaboration with ⁠UNICEF India.⁠

Checkout:

Criio 4 Good: ⁠https://www.unicef.org/india/stories/criiio-4-good-empathy⁠

Take the 'gender equality' pledge: ⁠https://cloud.info.unicef.org/worldcup⁠

Make a donation to UNICEF: ⁠https://www.unicef.org/india/⁠

Written, edited, narrated, and produced by Abhay Maheshwari. Follow me by ⁠⁠⁠clicking this link⁠⁠⁠

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LaaL Chashma – Hindi Stories is a critically acclaimed Hindi short story podcast that has been featured on the most renowned Indian audio streaming services JioSaavn & Gaana's, "Editor's Pick" & curation for World Podcaster’s Day 2021" respectively. The show has been identified as having “the best crossover of extraordinary stories and the Hindi language” by Kommune (India’s premier performing arts collective for storytellers). It is heard by Hindi listeners across 50+ countries and is the only podcast that was featured & recommended by leading Indian news publication Mid-day as part of the "Hindi Divas 2022" curation.

Abhay is an award-winning, nationally featured, & critically acclaimed writer, podcaster, and spoken-word storyteller. In 2022, he was recognized as one of the top 5 Next Big Creators in the Indian Audio space. In 2021, he won the prestigious nationwide podcast hunt conducted by JioSaavn and was also recognized in the Top 10 podcasters by Gaana. In 2023, he was the finalist for Podcaster of the year at the Radio & Music Awards India among renowned Indian personalities (Ankur Warikoo, Cyrus Broacha)

He is a TEDx speaker and has been invited for his thought leadership by top Indian universities such as the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade & Indian School of Business.

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Ep32 | Sapno Ki Thaapi

12m · Published 10 Nov 07:22

Dreams and aspirations form the foundation for Raani, an 8-year-old aspiring cricketer, with big dreams and hopes for the future. This story is in a content collaboration with UNICEF India.

Checkout:

Criio 4 Good: https://www.unicef.org/india/stories/criiio-4-good-empathy

Take the 'gender equality' pledge: https://cloud.info.unicef.org/worldcup

Make a donation to UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/india/

Story written, edited, narrated, and produced by Abhay Maheshwari. Follow me by ⁠⁠clicking this link⁠⁠

Dear listener, to support the show - Follow, & sign-up for new alerts & leave a rating.

LaaL Chashma – Hindi Stories is a critically acclaimed Hindi short story podcast that has been featured on the most renowned Indian audio streaming services JioSaavn & Gaana's, "Editor's Pick" & curation for World Podcaster’s Day 2021" respectively. The show has been identified as having “the best crossover of extraordinary stories and the Hindi language” by Kommune (India’s premier performing arts collective for storytellers). It is heard by Hindi listeners across 50+ countries and is the only podcast that was featured & recommended by leading Indian news publication Mid-day as part of the "Hindi Divas 2022" curation.

Abhay is an award-winning, nationally featured, & critically acclaimed writer, podcaster, and spoken-word storyteller. In 2022, he was recognized as one of the top 5 Next Big Creators in the Indian Audio space. In 2021, he won the prestigious nationwide podcast hunt conducted by JioSaavn and was also recognized in the Top 10 podcasters by Gaana. In 2023, he was the finalist for Podcaster of the year at the Radio & Music Awards India among renowned Indian personalities (Ankur Warikoo, Cyrus Broacha)

He is a TEDx speaker and has been invited for his thought leadership by top Indian universities such as the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade & Indian School of Business.

--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abhay-maheshwari/message

Bonus: Devendra Fadnavis ki kahaani, unki behen ki zubaani

44m · Published 30 Aug 12:00

Join me for a non-political, Raakhi special storytelling + interview style bonus episode , a tribute to the sacred occasion of Rakshabandhan – a revered Indian festival that illuminates the profound bond between brothers and sisters. In a stroke of serendipity, I had the privilege of conversing with Shrimati Bhavna Khare, the cousin sister of a distinguished Indian statesman, the Honourable Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis-ji.

This episode cradles cherished memories like precious gems, unveiling a heartfelt narrative that dances through pivotal moments in his life. Unconstrained by the shackles of time, we journey through the tapestry of his formative years. Yet, amidst this captivating journey, it's the brother-sister bond that takes center stage – a bond infused with the tenderness of an unassuming connection.

Allow the narrative to envelop you, as we delve into the Deputy CM’s life beyond the realm of power and politics. Discover the man behind the title– a devoted brother and a family man, his life woven with threads of love and laughter. This tale is a snug embrace for your heart, resonating with the mellifluous tunes of nostalgia, shared laughter, and cherished memories that paint a vivid portrait of the Deputy CM's life.

Music & SFX by ES.

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LaaL Chashma – Hindi Stories is a critically acclaimed Hindi short story podcast that has been featured on the most renowned Indian audio streaming services JioSaavn & Gaana's, "Editor's Pick" & curation for World Podcaster’s Day 2021" respectively. The show has been identified as having “the best crossover of extraordinary stories and the Hindi language” by Kommune (India’s premier performing arts collective for storytellers). It is heard by Hindi listeners across 50+ countries and is the only podcast that was featured & recommended by leading Indian news publication Mid-day as part of the "Hindi Divas 2022" curation.

Abhay is an award-winning, nationally featured, & critically acclaimed writer, podcaster, and spoken-word storyteller. In 2022, he was recognized as one of the top 5 Next Big Creators in the Indian Audio space. In 2021, he won the prestigious nationwide podcast hunt conducted by JioSaavn and was also recognized in the Top 10 podcasters by Gaana. In 2023, he was the finalist for Podcaster of the year at the Radio & Music Awards India among renowned Indian personalities (Ankur Warikoo, Cyrus Broacha). He is a TEDx speaker and has been invited for his thought leadership by top Indian universities such as the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade & Indian School of Business.

Ep31 | Mini Series - Yeh Mera India | Smile Please!

9m · Published 09 Jul 17:13

Launching the second mini-series of stories: each episode is inspired by a unique, well-known, but often less spoken profession in India.

Story written, edited, narrated, and produced by Abhay Maheshwari. For collaborations, connect with me by ⁠⁠clicking this link⁠⁠

This mini-series is sponsored by Mezink. Mezink is the best-in-class link-in-bio website builder for brands and creators. With Mezink, you can showcase your most important links, portfolio, and latest work samples with beautifully designed landing pages for your social media accounts and that too for free. Mezink is an application for creators, businesses, and individuals where you can create your personal website in less than 5 minutes and can add all your links to social media accounts, online work links, portfolios, playlists, affiliate marketing products, and e-commerce lines and stores. In addition to creating portfolios, you can:

Get aggregated social media analytics by connecting your Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube accounts. You can even get automated weekly/monthly reports.
Set up forms to collect feedback/reviews from your fans, or to drive engagement via giveaways
Generate branded QR codes for integrating with offline events or to promote products
Sell digital products like e-books, videos, pdfs or even tickets for offline events

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You can access Mezink on the web or can also make changes on the go with the easy-to-use mobile application. More than 500K+ brands and creators across the world use Mezink - what are you waiting for?

Music & SFX by ES.

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LaaL Chashma – Hindi Stories is a critically acclaimed Hindi short story podcast that has been featured on the most renowned Indian audio streaming services JioSaavn & Gaana's, "Editor's Pick" & curation for World Podcaster’s Day 2021" respectively. The show has been identified as having “the best crossover of extraordinary stories and the Hindi language” by Kommune (India’s premier performing arts collective for storytellers). It is heard by Hindi listeners across 50+ countries and is the only podcast that was featured & recommended by leading Indian news publication Mid-day as part of the "Hindi Divas 2022" curation.

Abhay is an award-winning, nationally featured, & critically acclaimed writer, podcaster, and spoken-word storyteller. In 2022, he was recognized as one of the top 5 Next Big Creators in the Indian Audio space. In 2021, he won the prestigious nationwide podcast hunt conducted by JioSaavn and was also recognized in the Top 10 podcasters by Gaana. In 2023, he was the finalist for Podcaster of the year at the Radio & Music Awards India among renowned Indian personalities (Ankur Warikoo, Cyrus Broacha). He is a TEDx speaker and has been invited for his thought leadership by top Indian universities such as the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade & Indian School of Business.

Ep30 | Ek Rishta Aisa Bhi

7m · Published 28 Jun 04:47

Members of the same family are seldom born under the same roof - the story, brings out this saying alive.

Story written, edited, narrated, and produced by Abhay Maheshwari. Follow me by ⁠clicking this link⁠

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LaaL Chashma – Hindi Stories is a critically acclaimed Hindi short story podcast that has been featured on the most renowned Indian audio streaming services JioSaavn & Gaana's, "Editor's Pick" & curation for World Podcaster’s Day 2021" respectively. The show has been identified as having “the best crossover of extraordinary stories and the Hindi language” by Kommune (India’s premier performing arts collective for storytellers). It is heard by Hindi listeners across 50+ countries and is the only podcast that was featured & recommended by leading Indian news publication Mid-day as part of the "Hindi Divas 2022" curation.

Abhay is an award-winning, nationally featured, & critically acclaimed writer, podcaster, and spoken-word storyteller. In 2022, he was recognized as one of the top 5 Next Big Creators in the Indian Audio space. In 2021, he won the prestigious nationwide podcast hunt conducted by JioSaavn and was also recognized in the Top 10 podcasters by Gaana. In 2023, he was the finalist for Podcaster of the year at the Radio & Music Awards India among renowned Indian personalities (Ankur Warikoo, Cyrus Broacha)

He is a TEDx speaker and has been invited for his thought leadership by top Indian universities such as the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade & Indian School of Business.

Ep29 | Achaar ki Sheeshi

8m · Published 24 Jun 04:45

The protagonist, now settled abroad, recollects and recounts life back home - missing her mother, and realizing that a part of her mother grew within her in time.

Story written, and edited by Abhay Maheshwari & Preeti Tripathi.

Narrated, and produced by Abhay Maheshwari. Follow me by ⁠clicking this link⁠

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LaaL Chashma – Hindi Stories is a critically acclaimed Hindi short story podcast that has been featured on the most renowned Indian audio streaming services JioSaavn & Gaana's, "Editor's Pick" & curation for World Podcaster’s Day 2021" respectively. The show has been identified as having “the best crossover of extraordinary stories and the Hindi language” by Kommune (India’s premier performing arts collective for storytellers). It is heard by Hindi listeners across 50+ countries and is the only podcast that was featured & recommended by leading Indian news publication Mid-day as part of the "Hindi Divas 2022" curation.

Abhay is an award-winning, nationally featured, & critically acclaimed writer, podcaster, and spoken-word storyteller. In 2022, he was recognized as one of the top 5 Next Big Creators in the Indian Audio space. In 2021, he won the prestigious nationwide podcast hunt conducted by JioSaavn and was also recognized in the Top 10 podcasters by Gaana. In 2023, he was the finalist for Podcaster of the year at the Radio & Music Awards India among renowned Indian personalities (Ankur Warikoo, Cyrus Broacha)

He is a TEDx speaker and has been invited for his thought leadership by top Indian universities such as the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade & Indian School of Business.

Ep 29 | Meter Down

8m · Published 25 Mar 10:04

The morning bliss suddenly gets uprooted as the hardships of the upcoming ordeal begins to haunt him. Abhay rushes down the stairs, hoping to avoid the catastrophic event while he still can, but to no avail – the agent has gone. Now will begin a punishment cycle as he has pay for the diligence of a govt. employee for the third time this year.

Story written, edited, narrated, and produced by Abhay Maheshwari. For feedback & collaborations, connect with me by ⁠clicking this link⁠

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LaaL Chashma – Hindi Stories is a critically acclaimed Hindi short story podcast that has been featured on the most renowned Indian audio streaming services JioSaavn & Gaana's, "Editor's Pick" & curation for World Podcaster’s Day 2021" respectively. The show has been identified as having “the best crossover of extraordinary stories and the Hindi language” by Kommune (India’s premier performing arts collective for storytellers). It is heard by Hindi listeners across 50+ countries and is the only podcast that was featured & recommended by leading Indian news publication Mid-day as part of the "Hindi Divas 2022" curation.

Abhay is an award-winning, nationally featured, & critically acclaimed writer, podcaster, and spoken-word storyteller. In 2022, he was recognized as one of the top 5 Next Big Creators in the Indian Audio space. In 2021, he won the prestigious nationwide podcast hunt conducted by JioSaavn and was also recognized in the Top 10 podcasters by Gaana. In 2023, he was the finalist for Podcaster of the year at the Radio & Music Awards India among renowned Indian personalities (Ankur Warikoo, Cyrus Broacha)

He is a TEDx speaker and has been invited for his thought leadership by top Indian universities such as the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade & Indian School of Business.

Ep 28 | Mini Series - Yeh Mera India | Smile Pleej!

9m · Published 19 Mar 06:37

Launching the second mini-series of stories: each episode is inspired by a unique, well-known, but often less spoken profession in India.

Story written, edited, narrated, and produced by Abhay Maheshwari. For collaborations, connect with me by ⁠clicking this link⁠

This mini-series is sponsored by Mezink. Mezink is the best-in-class link-in-bio website builder for brands and creators. With Mezink, you can showcase your most important links, portfolio, and latest work samples with beautifully designed landing pages for your social media accounts and that too for free. Mezink is an application for creators, businesses, and individuals where you can create your personal website in less than 5 minutes and can add all your links to social media accounts, online work links, portfolios, playlists, affiliate marketing products, and e-commerce lines and stores. In addition to creating portfolios, you can:

Get aggregated social media analytics by connecting your Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube accounts. You can even get automated weekly/monthly reports.
Set up forms to collect feedback/reviews from your fans, or to drive engagement via giveaways
Generate branded QR codes for integrating with offline events or to promote products
Sell digital products like e-books, videos, pdfs or even tickets for offline events

⁠Download Link for iOS⁠ & ⁠Download Link for Android⁠

You can access Mezink on the web or can also make changes on the go with the easy-to-use mobile application. More than 500K+ brands and creators across the world use Mezink - what are you waiting for?

Music & SFX by ES.

Like, Share, Follow & leave a 5 star rating for this podcast.

LaaL Chashma – Hindi Stories is a critically acclaimed Hindi short story podcast that has been featured on the most renowned Indian audio streaming services JioSaavn & Gaana's, "Editor's Pick" & curation for World Podcaster’s Day 2021" respectively. The show has been identified as having “the best crossover of extraordinary stories and the Hindi language” by Kommune (India’s premier performing arts collective for storytellers). It is heard by Hindi listeners across 50+ countries and is the only podcast that was featured & recommended by leading Indian news publication Mid-day as part of the "Hindi Divas 2022" curation.

Abhay is an award-winning, nationally featured, & critically acclaimed writer, podcaster, and spoken-word storyteller. In 2022, he was recognized as one of the top 5 Next Big Creators in the Indian Audio space. In 2021, he won the prestigious nationwide podcast hunt conducted by JioSaavn and was also recognized in the Top 10 podcasters by Gaana. In 2023, he was the finalist for Podcaster of the year at the Radio & Music Awards India among renowned Indian personalities (Ankur Warikoo, Cyrus Broacha). He is a TEDx speaker and has been invited for his thought leadership by top Indian universities such as the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade & Indian School of Business.

Ep 27 | Mini Series - Yeh Mera India | Ajnabee Rishta

7m · Published 12 Mar 07:27

Launching the second mini-series of stories: each episode is inspired by a unique, well-known, but often less spoken profession in India.

Story written, edited, narrated, and produced by Abhay Maheshwari. For collaborations, connect with me by clicking this link

This mini-series is sponsored by Mezink. Mezink is the best-in-class link-in-bio website builder for brands and creators. With Mezink, you can showcase your most important links, portfolio, and latest work samples with beautifully designed landing pages for your social media accounts and that too for free. Mezink is an application for creators, businesses, and individuals where you can create your personal website in less than 5 minutes and can add all your links to social media accounts, online work links, portfolios, playlists, affiliate marketing products, and e-commerce lines and stores. In addition to creating portfolios, you can:

Get aggregated social media analytics by connecting your Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube accounts. You can even get automated weekly/monthly reports.
Set up forms to collect feedback/reviews from your fans, or to drive engagement via giveaways
Generate branded QR codes for integrating with offline events or to promote products
Sell digital products like e-books, videos, pdfs or even tickets for offline events

Download Link for iOS & Download Link for Android

You can access Mezink on the web or can also make changes on the go with the easy-to-use mobile application. More than 500K+ brands and creators across the world use Mezink - what are you waiting for?

Artwork by Zaiba Zaheer. Music & SFX by ES.

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Ep 26 | After Life

7m · Published 26 Nov 07:54

We have always been perplexed by the question - What happens when we die? An unexpected trigger propels the protagonist to find this answer

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Artwork credits- Zaiba Zaheer

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