Sutradhar - A Universe of Stories

Sutradhar - A Universe of Stories

Author: Hindu Parenting July 29, 2023 Duration: 59:25

In this episode, Gaurav Tiwari, Founder of Sutradhar, shares his great insights on our culture, festivals and the role of storytelling in raising children today. He has designed a range of products and videos for young children and families, some of which are puzzles, board games and different kinds of videos, also available as an app.

Gaurav Tiwari, a mechanical engineer from IIT Bombay, quit his career of 16 years in the financial services industry to follow his passion: to help build a better world by imparting Indian cultural values to our next generation through stories from our ancient history.

Learn more at mysutradhar.com and the board game at playranbhoomi.com

You can download the app here.

Here is a list of all YouTube channels of Sutradhar:

मराठी https://youtube.com/@SutradharMarathi

English https://youtube.com/@SutradharEnglish

ओड़िया https://youtube.com/@SutradharOdia

हिन्दी https://youtube.com/@MySutradhar

Kids https://youtube.com/@SutradharKids

Sutradhar Podcasts :

Sutradhar Mini Tales (हिन्दी) https://shorturl.at/gknNO

Sutradhar Mini Tales (English) https://shorturl.at/bdmJ1

Panchtantra (मराठी) https://shorturl.at/nvACZ

Panchtantra (English) https://shorturl.at/fit48

Panchtantra (हिन्दी) https://shorturl.at/CGU19

Mahabharat https://shorturl.at/aCDZ2

Ranbhoomi https://shorturl.at/bhtBI

Itihas Puran ki kathaen https://shorturl.at/bzK37

Itihas Puran ki kathaen (Marathi) https://shorturl.at/AKLXZ

MySutradhar https://shorturl.at/wFIW5

Ramayan se pehle https://shorturl.at/ikmzI

Kahi-Suni https://shorturl.at/vINW5

Bheeshm Neeti https://shorturl.at/tuxW3

Shri Ram Katha https://shorturl.at/huHVY

Nala-Damayanti (हिन्दी) https://shorturl.at/fhpFO

Nala-Damayanti (English) https://shorturl.at/fuSUX

Follow Sutradhar at:

1. Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysutradhar

2. Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/mysutradhar

3. Twitter : https://www.twitter.com/mysutradhar

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