A note for parents
This site exists because of a specific worry: a child picks up a phone to be entertained, and forty minutes later is still scrolling. Every design decision here is aimed at that one problem.
What is deliberately missing
- No feed. Three stories a day, chosen by a person. When you reach the end of the shelf, there is no more shelf.
- No autoplay. A video never rolls into the next one. A story ends with the words "that is the end of the story".
- No recommendations. Nothing on this site is picked by a machine watching your child.
- No advertising. Not now, and not a banner "just for revenue" later.
- No sign-up. There is nothing to register for, so there is no account to lose.
What is stored
Nothing reaches us. The site keeps three things in your own browser, on your own device: your text-size choice, your night-colours choice, and a count of how many stories were opened today. Clearing your browser data erases all of it. We run no analytics, set no advertising cookies, and have no way of knowing who you are.
Setting a daily limit
If you want the site to say "that's enough for today" after a set number of stories, choose a number here. It applies to this device only.
How to get the most out of it
- Sit with your child for the first few stories. The read-along highlight is far more useful when someone is pointing at the words too.
- Use the three questions at the end as conversation, not as a test. There is no score and nothing is recorded.
- The "Save data" button hides pictures, which helps on a weak mobile connection.
- Stories you have already opened work without internet, so a train journey is covered.
- Every story can be printed. A printed story is better than a screen at bedtime.
Ages
- 3–5: short, one idea per story, meant to be read aloud by you.
- 6–9: the main collection — Panchatantra, Jataka, Akbar–Birbal, Tenali Rama, festival stories.
- 10–13: longer stories, real Indian lives, and questions without tidy answers.
Getting in touch
If a story feels wrong for the age it is listed under, or you spot a mistake in a retelling, please write in. Tell us the story name and what you saw.