Bariatu Tales

Children's horror stories of 1970s life of kids in India compiled as anecdotes. Horror stories from the magic drum & grandparents bag. A ghost novella that will give you goosebumps.

By: Kumar Kinshuk

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

• Will Rajnish, a 5-year-old dreamy-eyed kid, survive a multi-pronged attack by a fearsome hyena, a lurking ghost, a beautiful witch, and an unlawful theft? Will these kids become famous?
• Will they sanely handle ghosts and demons? Will Rajnish be a demon slayer? Does he play with a ghost rider toy and does he read goosebumps books at such a tender age?
• Are children in the family safe from demons, ghosts, and other elements, like cobra, thieves, et al? Kids from 3 to 12 years in the family have a habit of keeping vampire diaries and ghost puranas.

Can Rajnish deal with the story of his father facing a cobra guarding a viper’s stone, a naagmani? Will Rajnish become a renowned batter and play for India? Feel his fears and revel in his delights. Speak to ghosts and live in mortal fear. Wade off attacks from the departed souls and co-create a mystical world.

Read more about Rajnish and his exploits, and about the stories he creates, or about the stories he grew up listening to. It is an enchanting tale of his life and times, set in Bariatu Housing Colony, a small colony in the late 1970s Ranchi. It has all the thrills of a small-town boy who lived in a joint family, and who led a different life from the one led by millennial kids today. Learn about the wonderful life of a 1970s kid who had a couple of 10-year-olds and a couple of 1-year-olds for company while growing up and how that shaped his views about the family and the society at large.

Recount your own days as a kid during the 70s and 80s, and relive those happy times again. Check it out..