Stories From Back Then, From Now and From Whenever: Recent Episodes
Jaya Devendra
I bring you short stories and anecdotes about the innocence and joy of childhood games, the richness of family bonding and rainbow of human emotions. These stories are based in small town India, but cross boundaries of place and time. I hope that these simple narrations will resonate with people across the globe and bring a smile on their lips or a happy tear in their eyes.
The story of the young boy, who was almost labelled a failure, till he himself discovered his extraordinary potential.
Siblings!! 😂 And our love hate relationship with them. Childhood fights with siblings were so infuriating at the time, but now, looking back, wiser, even the fights showed how we could not live without each other. This sweet true anecdote is an ode to all sibling fights.
How many of us hold regrets in our hearts for something we could have done differently in our lives? This is a story that will echo with many in the audience. For some, it will be a reminder of their parent's and grandparent's unconditional love, for others of adolescent dreams. And for yet others it could just be a reminder to not let the demands of life get in the way of things we truly want to do but keep putting off.
A simple sweet story about childhood friendships. This seemingly simplistic tale conveys how childhood friendships overcome barriers of language and regionality, it talks about trust, forgiveness and never holding grudges.
We all have that one incident in our lives that cannot be explained by logic alone. Here is a story that is based on true events that might make you question your beliefs. The story plays out as the memory/recall of an eight year old child. How much of it is true and how much the imagination of a child is left for the audience to decide for themselves.
Childhood games are vibrant and alive in our memories. And sometimes some inanimate object will bring all the memories flooding back. The joy of the games, the childhood curiosity, the simplicity of life. Childhood was a good place to be.