The Voice That Was Not for Sale
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Lucknow, 1934. Every evening beneath an old peepal tree, Ustad Nazir Ahmed, the last dastango of the city, tells tales of kings, tricksters and sorcerers, and thousands of listeners forget the world.
But his young daughter Noor has a cough that will not leave. And when the powerful Khan Bahadur sends a black carriage to his lane, the storyteller is offered everything: a house, a purse of gold, and a bed in a mountain sanatorium that could save her life.
The price is one night. One crowd. One small lie, told in the one voice that no one in the city doubts.
Inspired by Rumi's words, "Do not sell your soul in exchange for anything. This is the only thing you have brought into this world, and the only thing you can take back," The Voice That Was Not for Sale is an afsana in eight parts, told in the oral tradition of South Asia. It is a story of fatherhood, courage and conscience, and of what remains when everything else has a price.
Narrated by the author. Approximate listening time: 50 minutes.
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