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Billion Readers (BIRD), aims to ensure daily and lifelong reading practice for a billion people in India to serve a vision: Every Indian, a fluent reader. This seemingly impossible goal is made possible by adding Same Language Subtitling (SLS) to existing entertainment content on TV and streaming, in all Indian languages – word for word viewers read what they hear. SLS was conceived for mass reading in 1996 at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA).

Built on a bedrock of evidence-based policy-making, that thought has now translated into the Billion Readers (BIRD) initiative. BIRD proposes reading literacy at a transformative scale by embedding SLS on TV and streaming platforms in all Indian languages to give a billion TV viewers automatic reading practice and improvement, every day and for life.

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Ahilya Bamroo reads 'Ekti Bishisto Basha' | Bengali Story | StarDost

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Shruti Ramachandran reads ‘The Pig With The Runaway Tail’ | English Story | StarDost

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Dev Dildar reads ‘Sweety Soor Di Bhagorhi Poochh’ | Punjabi Story | StarDost

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AbhinavaKavi reads ‘Daanasheeli Kaaki’ | Telugu Story | StarDost

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‘Where is Lulu?' | DDPI

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BIRDSong | Marathi Version | Behind The Scenes with Neha Rajpal

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Dekhte Dekhte Padhega India | BIRDSong | Marathi Verson

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Kunaal Roy Kapur reads ‘A Butterfly Smile’ | English Story | StarDost

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Jaydev Unadkat reads 'Chano Cup' | Gujarati Story | StarDost

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Behind The Scenes | Marathi Version | BIRDSong

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Chinnu Kuruvilla 'Koottiladakkappetta Thatthakal' | Malayalam Story | StarDost

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Shruti Ramachandran reads ‘Goodnight, Tinku!’ | English Story | StarDost

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Freedom to Read in Urdu | Pratham Books | Story Weaver| DDPI

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Jaydev Unadkat reads ‘Akkune Aavyo Gusso’ | Gujarati Story | StarDost

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Freedom To Read in Marathi | Pratham Books | Story Weaver | DDPI

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Harish Uthaman reads Sathya Gavanam | Tamil Story | StarDost

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Freedom To Read: One World, Many Languages | DDPI | PB StoryWeaver | Billion Readers

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Dilnoor Kaur reads "Hillda Hoya Dand" | StarDost | Punjabi Story

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Dekhte Dekhte Padhega India | BIRDSong | Devanagari Version

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Aditi Balan reads 'Thuppariyum Durai' | Tamil Story | StarDost

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Dilnoor Kaur reads 'Jasoos Damyanti' | Punjabi Story | StarDost

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Dekhte Dekhte Padhega India | BIRDSong

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Kunaal Roy Kapur reads 'My City, My Dogs' | English Story | StarDost

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Aparna Das reads 'Parunthinte Paattu' | Malayalam Story | StarDost

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Behind the Scenes with Chorun Mugli | Echoes of Childhood | StarDost |

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Chorun Mugli reads 'Echoes of Childhood' | English Story | StarDost

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Aditi Balan reads 'Ammaavin Mookkukannaadi' | Tamil Story | StarDost

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Zarin Shihab reads 'Oru Neyyappathinte Kadha' | Malayalam Story | StarDost

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Arjun Radhakrishnan reads 'The New Girl' | English Story | StarDost

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Aparna Das reads 'Aamayum Muyalum Oru Panthayavum' | Malayalam Story |StarDost

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Chorun Mugli reads 'Yapom'| English Story | StarDost

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Arjun Radhakrishnan reads 'Kaise Bhagayein Bukhar' | Hindi Story | StarDost

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Pooja Mohanraj reads 'Welcome to the Forest' | English Story | StarDost

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Zarin Shihab reads 'The Magic Block' | English Story | StarDost

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Joy Sengupta reads 'Muft Ki Kulfi' | StarDost | Hindi Story

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Nimrat Partap Singh reads 'Ammachi’s Incredible Investigation' | English Story | StarDost

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Kishore reads 'Lara, the Yellow Ladybird' | English Story | StarDost

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Pooja Mohanraj Reads 'Ammuvinte Naayakkutty' | Malayalam Story | StarDost

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Anumol reads 'Muyalum Muthalayum' | Malayalam Story | StarDost

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Sithara Krishnakumar Sings Malayalam Lullaby 'Omanathinkal Kidaavo' | First Songs by StarDost

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Vande Mataram | Ila Paliwal | Dekhte Dekhte Padhega India

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Nimrat Partap Singh Reads 'Koodey Da Baddal' | Punjabi Story | StarDost

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Padmapriya Reads 'Tucket the Bucket' | English Story | StarDost

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Kishore Reads ‘Aadre Hale Shaalu Enaaytu’ | Kannada Story | StarDost

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Kiran Mahendroo Reads 'Zippy the Zebra' | English Story | StarDost

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Anumol Reads ‘Janice Goes to Chinatown' | English Story | StarDost

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Rahul Ram Reads 'Nauka Ki Sair' | Hindi Story | StarDost

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Millo Sunka Reads 'Tine and the Faraway Mountain' | English Story | StarDost

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Joy Sengupta Reads 'Baadi Phera' | Bengali Story | StarDost

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Anumol Reads 'Soochimukhi Pakshikku Pinanja Apakadam' | Malayalam Story | StarDost

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Kiran Mahendroo Reads 'Thoda Jeha Hor' | Punjabi Story | DDPI | Join the Reading Revolution

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From a Simple Idea to a Literacy Revolution: Brij Kothari’s Story

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First Songs - Microsite Launch

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Joy Sengupta Reads 'What's Neema Eating Today?' | English Story | StarDost

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Rahul Ram Reads 'Ritu's Letter Gets Longer' | English Story | StarDost

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Indulekha Warrier Reads 'Penkuttiyum Koottarum' | Malayalam Story | StarDost

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Padmapriya Reads 'Drip Drop Drip' | Hindi Story | StarDost

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Rahul Ram Reads 'Aakchoo' | Hindi Story | StarDost

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Nadiya Moidu Reads 'Kabuliwallah' | English Story | StarDost

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Indulekha Reads 'A Book For Puchku' | English Story | StarDost

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