Nirantar Radio: Pocket-Sized Stories
Episodes
Issh se Ishq - Machine hi toh hai
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Maxi has recently purchased a vibrator and she cannot wait to put it to use. As the series finale, we present to you a classic girl-meets-machine roma...
Issh se Ishq - Jungle
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone knows that the woods in the night are dangerous, but does it also hold a promise of privacy? After all, what is said (or screamed) in the jun...
Issh se Ishq - Tees
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jaane Kya Tune KahiJaane Kya Maine SuniBaat Kuch Ban Hi GayiThundering rain. Steep hills. A haunting melody. A Guru Dutt poster brings back a vivid m...
Issh se Ishq - Upanyas
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
99% of the time, life is mundane and predictable. This story is the telling of that 1% when truth becomes stranger than fiction and reality out-thrill...
Issh se Ishq - Khat Pat
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An accidental touch turns desire and shame topsy-turvy. What follows is a shiver, a silence, and a weakness in the knees.F se Field, Issh se Isshq is ...
Issh se Ishq - Good Touch Bad Touch
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When ‘good girl’ Vidhi is propositioned by charming Ayaan, she tentatively agrees. But what will happen when he asks her for a dangerous favour?F ...
Issh se Ishq - Pehli Raat
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the first night after their wedding, a bride and groom are consumed with anticipation. The million-dollar question is: Who will make the first move...
Issh se Ishq - Shaadi
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Bollywood has taught us, weddings are self-replicating phenomenons: one leads to the other. In this playfully pious shebang, when two strangers mee...
Issh se Ishq - Waha ke Baal
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time in 17 years, Vidhi is travelling alone for a workshop. What adventures and discoveries await her? Is she prepared for all that her ...
Issh se Ishq - Chupa hua Romance
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a late-night swim turns into an erotic adventure? To see or to be seen, that is the question.F se Field, Issh se Isshq is a series o...
Issh se Ishq - Single Bed
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
‘Do you live alone? Or with someone?’ This question takes on an unexpected weight when Ruhani brings her college friend, Ankita, home. What will b...
Issh se Ishq - Bulli ka Photo
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A tuition class takes no time to transform into a jungle in the absence of the teacher and shy Jehan is an easy prey for the young bullying girls of P...
Issh se Ishq - Magazine se Lekar Suhagraat tak
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Where does one actually receive sex education? How does one know what to do and what to expect on the first night after marriage?F se Field, Issh se I...
Issh se Ishq - Used Condom
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is blood thicker than semen? When a mother finds out her daughter’s worst and most poorly-hidden secret, what will she do? F se Field, Issh se Issh...
Issh se Ishq - Love Bite
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a study session between two friends is interrupted by a shocking confession? Will it leave their friendship unharmed or are there da...
Issh se Ishq - Khel Khel Mein
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can a playful joke turn into a moment of revelation for two mischievous friends? We bring to you a taste of what it means for a young adult to feel al...
Trailer launch - F se Field, Issh se Ishq
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kya aapne kabhi kisise pyaar kiya? Kya kabhi kisiko dil diya?Humne bhi diya.F se Field, Issh se Isshq is a series of audio stories emerging from the ...
Bolti Kahaniyan: Ep 9 Amar Bel l बोलती कहानियां: भाग 9 अमर बेल
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is beauty a boon or a curse?Sounds of mourning and celebration are overlapping in the neighbourhood. Sharafat Bhai'slife is going to change completely...
Nasreen's Terrace - Part.2
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nasreen from Kashmiri Gate tells us how rooftops play a double-edged role in a young girl’s life. As she takes us through the city as she has lived ...
Nasreen's Terrace - Part.1
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to look at your city through your experience? In the first part of her narrative, Nasreen looks at the metropolis of Delhi from the ...
ज se Jail - Sarita Aur Madam (Part.4)
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode of "Sarita aur Madam", Krupa shares a lasting memory of Sarita as she knocks at Prayas' door once again, this time with a desire t...
ज se Jail - Sarita Aur Madam (Part.3)
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Sarita knocks on Prayas' door, it is not always a problem that she brings. Sometimes, she brings a unique solution which makes one look at the pr...
ज se Jail - Sarita Aur Madam (Part.2)
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all remember the lockdown. Some remember it like yesterday and others believe it happened a long time ago. But, what did 2020 look like for sex wor...
ज se Jail - Sarita Aur Madam (Part.1)
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After going to school, our podcast series is going to jail.At TTE, we are very invested in expanding the notion of the field, and bring to life the li...
Bayen - An Audio Story l बायन
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Baba, how does one become a Bayen (witch)?” Bhagirath asks his father Malinder near the dead lake as the shadow of his estranged mother looms ove...
Bolti Kahaniyan : Ep 8 Phulesara Bahu Ki Aankh I बोलती कहानियां: भाग 8 फुलेसरा बहु की आंख
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Phulesara’s husband dies within one year of marriage and then she finds a new constant companion: fear.Tune into this special feature of Bolti Kaha...
Letters from the System | तुम्हारे नाम...
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My workplace is a prison. My client is the prisoner. Who am I? There are many kinds of social workers, but the kind that works in prisons is often as...
Trailer : Letters from the System | तुम्हारे नाम...
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My workplace is a prison. My client is the prisoner. Who am I? A social worker spends her days going in and out of prisons, shelter homes, and courts...
Bolti Kahaniyan : Ep 7 Imla I बोलती कहानियां: भाग 7 इमला
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A teacher walks the aisle of the classroom with a stick in his hand, waiting to use it on anyone who falters in their dictation test. Bhisham Sahni op...
Caseworker's Diary - Sunday Ka Din
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The easiest thing to tell a woman in a violent marriage is to just leave. But is leaving always that simple? From financial vulnerabilities to a loss ...
Caseworker's Diary - Nirnay
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The easiest thing to tell a woman in a violent marriage is to just leave. But is leaving always that simple? From financial vulnerabilities to a loss ...
"Caseworker's Diary - Anekon Kamron Ka Samjhauta "
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are the bargains we make, the samjhautas we strike, the deals we despair in, to feel safe, to feel loved?In this story, a caseworker from Bundelk...
Bolti Kahaniyan : Ep 6 Hekdi I बोलती कहानियां: भाग 6 हेकड़ी
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Bolti Kahaniyan, Dipta Bhog narrates ‘Hekdi’, a story by writer Vijaydan Detha. This story is taken from the Hindi transla...
Ep : Where is Caste? जाति कहां है?
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Savarnas don’t know caste—the same way a fish does not know water. When you breathe, see, feel, and thrive within a system, it is difficult to not...
Mera Chashma, Mere Rules | Ep 3: Yeh Dil Deewana Bhi Aur Gussa Bhi
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Muskan said “Hamare yahaan yeh sab chalta hi nahi hai” (These things aren’t allowed in our areas), we couldn’t help but notice that she s...
Mera Chashma, Mere Rules | Ep 2: Main Kab Badi Huyi?
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sahiba learns from Google, calls it her teacher and navigates her everyday—from getting things done to finding about her mental health—on Google. ...
Mera Chashma, Mere Rules | Ep 1 Meri Surakshit Jagah Kahaan Hai?
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In feminist organisations and within the academic discourse, we sit with the term ‘safe space’ quite often and roll it in our mouth to reiterate h...
Mera Chashma, Mere Rules | Trailer
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Tumhari chahat kya hai? Tum kya chahti ho?” (What do you desire?) When was the last time we asked an adolescent what they think about their desir...
फ se Field, श se Shiksha - Paise Chahiye Ki Nahi?
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A young girl employs a clever strategy to get her family’s support for higher education. But she soon discovers that her father is one step ahead of...
फ se Field, श se Shiksha - Chhoti Bahu
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Chhoti Bahuuu! Arre o Chhoti Bahu!”—is all one hears in the house from dawn to the end of day. Once a mischievous student, Sundari wears many d...
फ se Field, श se Shiksha - Hostel Diary (Nidhi Has Accepted Your Friend Request)
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second “Hostel Diary”, Vikas recounts pursuing a crush during his time in Jodhpur with a bittersweetness that can only be afforded by young...
फ se Field, श se Shiksha - Hostel Diary (Jio WiFi Ka Tower)
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Vikas walks from his own Khatri Hostel to the Oswal Hostel for high-speed movie downloads using a newly installed Jio tower, he observes how caste,...
फ se Field, श se Shiksha - Hera Pheri
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
All education and science is forgotten when a young, unmarried girl misses her period. As doctors, teachers, family members and friends intervene and ...
फ se Field, श se Shiksha - Bhoochaal
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A (social) earthquake of epic proportions rocks Geeta’s colony. A girl in the neighbourhood has eloped with a boy from another caste. The aftershock...
फ se Field, श se Shiksha - Shaadi, Par Kyun?
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This young man has passed the board examinations, but the real challenge is to resist his family’s pressure for arranged marriage. Here’s a tale o...
फ se Field, श se Shiksha - Achuki Aur Uski Mummy
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Marwari family mocks both Achuki’s aspirations as well as her mother’s lack of a formal education. Will Achuki be able to reason with them or ...
फ se Field, श se Shiksha - Achuki aur Marwari Family
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With her incessant quips and repartees, Achuki lives up to the meaning of her name in this playful narration. She is a young girl frustrated with her ...
फ se Field, श se Shiksha - Tum Kitna Padhi Ho
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
People find a way to be nosy about others’ business everywhere. But there is one question that particularly disrupts Khushi’s peace of mind every ...
Trailer Launch - फ se Field, श se Shiksha
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“फ se Field, श se Shiksha” is a series of 10 audio stories coming from the lived experiences and imaginations of education in rural India. Eac...
Bolti Kahaniyan: Ep 5 Beni Maa l बोलती कहानियां : भाग 5 बेनी मां
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Swati Kashyap narrates Harish Mangalam's story - Beni Maa.In this series, we bring you gender stories from Nirantar’s archives as we...
Ekal in the City: Ep 4 Marathwada ka Ekal Mahila Sangathan | भाग ४ : मराठवाड़ा का एकल महिला संगठन
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We have been meeting single women in small-town and rural India in our Ekal podcast series. In Episode 4, we meet a collective of single women in Mara...
Tridevi – An Audio story l त्रिदेवी - ऑडियो कहानी
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Remember when we thought we would always be 16? When we thought we’ll take over the world? Meena, Annie and Nayantara–‘the three girls from St. ...
Bolti Kahaniyan: Ep 4 Tum Kiski Ho Binni? | बोलती कहानियां: भाग 4 तुम किसकी हो बिन्नी?
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Bolti Kahaniyan, Swati Kashyap narrates a transcreation of Maitri Pushpa's story ‘Tum Kiski Ho Binni?’. When Binni's mother bec...
Ekal in the City: Ep 3 Akele Aur Chalna Chahiye | भाग ३: अकेले और चलना चाहिए
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Virginia Woolf's A Room Of One's Own travels to the tehsil of Ajmer, Kekri in Rajasthan, and meets Annu, a 31-year-old woman who give...
Ekal in the City: Ep 2 Ekal Parivaar | भाग २ : एकल परिवार
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be a single woman, when it’s not in a metropolis? What are the experiences of being single, without the romanticisation of the ...
Patnewali ki Kahani - Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
पटना में रहनेवाली स्वाती को कहानियां सुनना-सुनाना पसंद ह...
Ekal in the City: Ep 1 Khuda Hafiz | भाग १: ख़ुदा हाफ़िज़
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to be a single woman, when it’s not in a metropolis? What are the experiences of being single, without the romanticisation of the ...
Patnewali ki Kahani - Balkatti Parkatti
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
एक शहर में जाने कितने क़िस्से होते हैं! कुछ क़िस्से हममें हो...
Mann ke Mukhaute Ep 3 : Maine Saaf Kiya Tumhara | मन के मुखौटे, एपिसोड 3: मैंने साफ किया तुम्हारा
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are turning an inward eye to look at our mental experiences, and how they intersect with societal structures. In an attempt to move away from path...
Patnewali ki Kahani - Hum Ka Gaay Bel Hai
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
पटना में रहनेवाली स्वाती को कहानियां सुनना सुनाना पसंद ह...
Gulabi Talkies l गुलाबी टॉकीज़
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When going into the cinema turned into clicking through OTT platforms during the pandemic, we adapted to the 1920 x 1080 screen size and relegated ...
Bolti Kahaniyan: Ep 3 Aate Sane Haath | बोलती कहानियां: भाग 3 आटे सने हाथ
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of the series Bolti Kahaniyan, we bring to you the story—Aate Sane Haath written by Dr. Kusum Viyogi and published by Muhim pra...
Bolti Kahaniyan: Ep 2 Beta Kiska? | बोलती कहानियां: भाग 2 बेटा किसका?
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2, Anita narrates - Beta Kiska, which gives birth to a metaphor you'll never forget. इस दूसरे एपिसोड में अ...
Bolti kahaniyan: Ep 1 Roti Banaye Tantu | बोलती कहानियां: भाग 1 रोटी बनाए टंटू
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of Bolti Kahaniyan, Anita narrates ‘Roti banaye Tantu', a story from our field. In which a husband and a wife exchange places...
Mann ke Mukhaute Ep 2: Rahogi Tum Wahi | मन के मुखौटे, एपिसोड 2: रहोगी तुम वही
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As part of our series 'Mann ke Mukhaute' exploring mental landscapes from an experiential standpoint, the second episode features Sudha Arora’s stor...
Mann ke Mukhaute Ep 1: Adiyal Dukh l मन के मुखौटे, एपिसोड 1: अड़ियल दुख
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As part of our Public Health issue, we are turning an inward eye to look at our mental experiences, and how they intersect with the health and state s...
Living On Your Own In The Pandemic : कोरोनाकाल और मैं - अकेले हैं तो क्या ग़म हैं?! (Episode)
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the outside slowly opens up to life after the deadly second wave of the pandemic, the inside is still grappling with absence, loss, death, fear and...
Kaam Ya Aaram: Gas Pe Dekh Lena (Story)
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kaam ya Aaraam? Is that a gendered question? While the rest of us are watching #TheGreatIndianKitchen , we thought we will go to a real one. This a...
Ep. 03 : Gender Based Violence and the Bystander Syndrome
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode III of Stay Home, Kitna Surakhsit? we explore the role of the bystander - yes, people like you and me - in situations of gender based viole...
Ep. 02 : Technology and Gender Based Violence
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If more people are online, where does the violence go? Apparently, also online. In Episode 2 of Stay Home, Kitna Surakshit?, Madhuri meets Bishakha Da...
Ep. 01 : Gender Based Violence During Lockdown
17 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stay Home, Kitna Surakshit?We have heard about the spike in violence at homes, during lockdown. In Ep. 01 of Stay Home, Kitna Surakshit? we meet Sange...
Pocket-Sized Stories Trailer
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At our Learning Lab, we believe that drawing upon lived experience to create narratives, is a way of exercising agency as a marginalised person whose ...