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Series · 12 entries

Stories That Stay

Great stories travel because they leave you with a question. Each retelling here names its version, shows how different traditions read it and stops to ask what you would have done.

3 to read now4 in the first batch8 planned
Recommended reading order

Start at the top, or wherever your question is.

Entries marked Planned are not written yet. We show them so you can see where the library is going, and never present an empty page as finished.

13Interactive
Stories That Stay9 minBeginner

Arjuna's Dilemma

Two armies. Teachers and cousins on the other side. Arjuna puts down his bow. What do you do?

Sample draft
14Illustrated Story
Stories That Stay13 minBeginner

Nachiketa and the King of Death

A teenager is sent to Death, and refuses every reward Death offers, until he gets an answer.

Sample draft
24Interactive
Stories That Stay12 minBeginner

One Ramayana, Many Ramayanas

There is no single Ramayana. There are hundreds, and they don't all agree.

Sample draft
18Illustrated Story
Stories That Stay7 minBeginner

Krishna and Sudama

Two old friends, one palace, a handful of rice. A short story about what we bring and what we receive.

In production
15Illustrated Story
Stories That Stay10 minBeginner

Savitri's Journey

Character journey

Planned
16Explainer
Stories That Stay12 minDeeper

Ekalavya: Merit, Access and Sacrifice

Multiple perspectives

PlannedExpert review
17Illustrated Story
Stories That Stay20 minBeginner

The Exile That Changed Everything

Chapter-based visual story

Planned
19Interactive
Stories That Stay11 minBeginner

Harishchandra and the Cost of Truth

Ethical choice narrative

Planned
20Illustrated Story
Stories That Stay6 minBeginner

The Race Around the World

Story with interpretations

Planned
21Illustrated Story
Stories That Stay6 minBeginner

The Clever Jackal and the Lion

Illustrated fable

Planned
22Illustrated Story
Stories That Stay10 minDeeper

Ashtavakra: Who Gets to Be a Thinker?

Philosophical encounter

Planned
23Explainer
Stories That Stay14 minDeeper

Draupadi's Question

Source-led multiple perspectives

PlannedExpert review
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