Mahabharat for ABCD Kids
- No. of episodes
- 28
- Latest episode
- 2026-10-29
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This is Mahabharat, the longest epic ever written by humans, as told to Gen Alpha kids. More specifically, to my two very Desi kids (elder one makes up for the antics of the younger one) born and brought up away from India.
The name ABCD, by my definition is “Abroad Born (or Brought Up) Culturally Desi”.
This production is meant for are all my nieces and nephews, all the kids of my Neighbours or Colleagues, all Indian diaspora kids who are growing up outside India.
I found that, like my kids, a huge number of kids were born during the post-2020 era and have a different way of looking at the world, so this is my attempt to build a bridge between them and the story of Mahabharat as understood by me growing up in 90’s.
These Gen Alpha usually kids get the abridged version of our culture that is optimized for Western Convenience. But I would hope that some would like to go deep, explore the wonderful battleground that was basically the setup for the Bhagvad Gita to happen. If they have any leanings to learn that story of Mahabharat, this is it.
Special attention is given to get 2 things right: names and numbers. We focus on contemporary enunciation of the names (vs the Anglicization versions) and present the numbers as something for kids to anchor on.