A bedtime companion for Indian kids

Kahaniyan. Sanskaar. Pyaar. Har raat. कहानियाँ · संस्कार · प्यार · हर रात

Naani tells your child the stories you grew up on — in warm Hinglish, by name, every night. And when she asks a question... she actually listens to the answer.

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Naani, a warm Indian grandmother in a cream saree, seated and telling a story
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Why Naani exists

The most important teacher in Indian childhood has gone quiet

Folk-art painting of a grandmother telling stories to children under a starry night sky
Then

A child fell asleep on Naani's lap, mid-story. Panchatantra before sleep. Hindi absorbed without a single lesson. Values passed through story, never lecture.

Now

Nuclear families. Both parents working. Grandparents twelve thousand kilometres away — or gone. Bedtime outsourced to an autoplay algorithm.

Bedtime is where this loss is felt — every single night.

We heard Naani's stories once — and we still carry them in our hearts. Don't you want your child to carry them too?

Screens are winning bedtime, and it's hurting our kids. It's time to go back to basics — and this time, technology is finally on your side.

Portrait of Kamla Naani smiling warmly, silver hair in a bun, round spectacles
Meet Naani

A grandmother, not a story app

Kamla Naani is a retired schoolteacher from Lucknow — unhurried, gently playful, impossible not to love. She tells one story, lands its lesson softly, and says good night.

She listens back

Naani asks questions inside the story and responds to what your child actually says.

Knows your child

"Aarav beta, kal Chintu ka kya hua tha, yaad hai?" Their name, their pace, their favourite animal.

The Indian canon

Panchatantra, Krishna ji, festival tales, folk wisdom — sanskaar woven into every story.

One story, then sleep

A built-in end to the day. No autoplay, no rabbit holes, no "one more video."

Hear the difference

She listens back

Naani"Ab Chintu bandar ko kya karna chahiye, Aarav? Magarmachh se madad maange... ya khud koshish kare?"
Aarav, 5"Khud koshish kare! Magarmachh jhootha hai!"
Naani"Arre wah — bilkul sahi pehchana, beta. Chintu ne bhi yahi socha... aur phir usne ek plan banaya..."
Listen to Naani & Aarav — 40 seconds

Story apps play stories. Naani listens.

Story worlds

Every night, a different door opens

Six worlds of stories, told the way your Naani told them — and growing every month.

Panchatantra & Jataka

पंचतंत्र

Chintu Bandar aur Magarmachh · Sher aur Nanha Chuha

Animal wisdom tales

Krishna ji ki Kahaniyan

कृष्ण जी

Makhan Chor ki Masti · Kaliya Naag ko Sabak

Beloved stories of Krishna

Tyohaar ki Kahaniyan

त्योहार

Pehla Diya Kisne Jalaya? · Rang Kyun Khelte Hain?

Festival stories & traditions

Naani ki Seekh

नानी की सीख

Lakdiyon ka Gattha · Besan ke Laddoo ka Raaz

Values & life lessons

Veer Gathaayein

वीर गाथाएँ

Birbal ki Khichdi · Tenali Rama ki Chaturai

Tales of brave hearts

Sapno ki Duniya

सपनों की दुनिया

Aarav ka India Wala Summer · Chandni aur Chand ki Sawari

Original Naani tales
For parents

Safe by design — not by promise

No open chat

Naani can only speak pre-approved, pre-recorded lines. Interaction lives inside the story — by architecture, not policy.

Nothing is stored

What your child says is never saved. Naani's memory is the story — and the profile you created.

You see everything

Every session summarised in your parent app. You hold the account; your child never does.

One story, then sleep

Sessions end. Always. Naani says good night and means it — no engagement loops for children.

You choose the story worlds too — including a simple on/off for mythology, so Naani fits your family exactly.

For families everywhere

From New Delhi to New York

Whether your child is growing up in New Jersey, Toronto, Dubai or Delhi — Naani speaks their language, and yours. Grandparents can even gift Naani to their grandkids across the ocean.

Naani telling a story to two children at bedtime in a cosy modern bedroom
Coming soon · iOS first

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"Naani never really left. She was waiting for the technology to catch up."

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