Story films
Purva Kalpa Studios
Old stories, told in full, one episode at a time: story films from India's epics and from new fiction. The voices and pictures are made with AI, on a Mac, and every video says so.
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Story films from India’s epics, the Panchatantra and my own novels, told one episode at a time, and Indian law read aloud, one article at a time.
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The Last Well of Kushara
My novel as a story film: a desert kingdom, two royal brothers, and the elder hated by everyone for preparing for a war only he sees coming.
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Panchatantra
Five Books Fables
The Panchatantra, story by story: how a teacher made three hopeless princes wise with five books of fables.
Ramayana, Mahabharata and the Puranas
Itihasa House
India's epics, Puranas and legends as story films, starting with the Ramayana told in English, Telugu, Hindi and Tamil.
The Rig Veda
The Rig Veda Road
A channel for stories from the Rig Veda. No videos yet.
Indian law, provision by provision
Indian Laws Read Aloud
The Constitution of India, Central and State Acts, rules and amendments, read aloud word for word with AI-generated voices. Each reading names its official source and the date the text was checked against. No commentary and no interpretation; an independent educational project, not legal advice.
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Prologue + 4 episodes
Purva Kalpa Studios · Original novel
The Last Well of Kushara ↗
My novel as a story film: a desert kingdom, two royal brothers, and the elder hated by everyone for preparing for a war only he sees coming.
10 episodes
Purva Kalpa Studios · Epic
Ramayana: An Introduction ↗
The Ramayana, from its era and its text to each of its people, in ten episodes so far.
6 episodes
Purva Kalpa Studios · Epic
Kurma: The Churning of the Ocean ↗
The churning of the ocean of milk in six short episodes.
2:01
4 episodes
Purva Kalpa Studios · Kurma, Telugu
Kurma: The Churning of the Ocean, in Telugu ↗
The churning of the ocean of milk told in Telugu, four episodes so far.
2 episodes
Purva Kalpa Studios · Kurma, Tamil
Kurma: The Churning of the Ocean, in Tamil ↗
The same story told in Tamil, two episodes so far.
2 episodes
Purva Kalpa Studios · Ramayana, Telugu
Ramayana, in Telugu ↗
Short episodes from the Ramayana in Telugu: the four princes, and the righteous city.
3 episodes
Purva Kalpa Studios · Ramayana, Tamil
Ramayana, in Tamil ↗
Short episodes from the Ramayana in Tamil: the four princes, the righteous city, and the bow of Rudra.
3:08
Five Books Fables · Panchatantra, episode 1
The King's Three Sons ↗
How the Panchatantra began: a king with three hopeless sons, and an eighty-year-old teacher who promised to make them wise in six months, with nothing but stories.
4:07
Five Books Fables · Panchatantra, episode 2
The Lion and the Bull ↗
The first book opens: a bull left for dead in the forest, a lion who has never heard a bellow like it, and two jackals who see their chance.
2 episodes
Itihasa House · Ramayana: The Story, episodes 1 and 2
Ramayana: The Story ↗
The Ramayana from its first verse, one episode at a time. Two episodes so far: the major players, and the first verse.
9:55
Itihasa House · Ramayana: The Story, Telugu
Ramayana: The Story, in Telugu ↗
The same opening episode, the major players, told in Telugu.
8:33
Itihasa House · Ramayana: The Story, Hindi
Ramayana: The Story, in Hindi ↗
The opening episode, the major players, told in Hindi.
10:46
Itihasa House · Ramayana: The Story, Tamil
Ramayana: The Story, in Tamil ↗
The opening episode, the major players, told in Tamil.
8 episodes
Indian Laws Read Aloud · Constitution of India, episodes 1 to 8
Constitution of India ↗
From the Preamble onward, article by article. Eight episodes so far, from the Union and its Territory to the President, with short clips of single articles alongside.
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