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This episode features two stories from India exploring themes of karma and familial relationships.

#widow #karma #india In the first story, a rajah strolls the bazaar to get knowledge about troubles. But does he really understand the widow? In the second story, the weak husband goes along with the cruel step-mother and they dump their daughters. What karma will come to them? Source: Simla Village Tales, by Alice Elizabeth Dracott Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: Arshad Ali Khan Classical Raag II Kirana Gharana Sound Effects: NC Night Forest .wav by Lasdimot -- https://freesound.org/s/405515/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Peacock recording Pratap Singh, XC946530. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/946530 Podcast shoutout: History of English Listener Shoutout: Chandigarh Photo Credit: " Evening Funeral Pyre, Varanasi India " by AdamCohn is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 .

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