Dreams of India

ZBS Foundation radio drama story

Radio show

Dreams of India

Genre| Comedy drama
Running time| 2 hours 3 minutes
Country of origin|  United States
Language(s)| English
Starring| Robert Lorick
Written by| Thomas Lopez
Directed by| Thomas Lopez
Recording studio| United States
Original release| 1992
Website| http://www.zbs.org/
Jack Flanders chronology
| Dreams of the Amazon
(1992)  | Dreams of India
(1992)  | Dreams of Bali
(1992)

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Dreams of India is a radio drama, produced by the ZBS Foundation.[1] It is the seventh of the Jack Flanders adventure series and the second of the Travels with Jack sub-series. It combines elements of American culture and Old-time radio with themes of Sufism, Hindu mysticism and poetry. The drama received the AudioFile Earphone Award in 1992 for a "truly exceptional audio presentation".[2]

## Plot

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Jack is approached by the remarkably beautiful and captivating Kamala who wishes to speak to him on behalf of her aunt who, restless and troubled, needs the help of a charming man she met forty years ago who knew that one day, many years later, she would need his help and thus he gave her his card. Now that time has come, so she sends her niece with the aged and faded card to New York to find this man, someone called Jack Flanders.

And so Jack is off on another adventure via New Delhi, Bombay and Bangalore to an old and crumbling painted palace within which a presence dwells. A presence that has a few surprises in store for Mr. Flanders.

## Themes

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The entire Travels with Jack series employs field recordings and extended dialogue to explore mind-body themes and political topics. Dreams of India, in particular, addresses India's colonial past. Quotes from Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore function like proverbs throughout.[3]

## Quotes

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Jack: "Right! Body or no body, let's get out of here."

## Credits

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* Jack Flanders \- Robert Lorick
* Kamala Shukla - Sakina Jaffrey
* Lalitha Chatterjee - Madhur Jaffrey
* Ramchandra - Sohrab Ardeshir
* Additional Characters - Hesh Malkar
* Executive Producer - Thomas Manuel Lopez
* Story & Script - Meatball Fulton
* Additional ideas - Marcia Dale Lopez
* Additional Music - Tim Clark
* Director - T. Lopez
* Engineers - Robert Harrari and Fulton
* Illustration - Alan Okamoto
* Graphics - Jaye Oliver

North Indian Bamboo Flute, composed and performed by John Berdy from Journey to Qayyum, Nerverland Records.

"Production was made possible through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and donations from people like you, maybe even be you. Thank you."

"For words of inspiration, a special thanks to Sathya Sai Baba, Paramahansa Yogananda, Rabindranath Tagore and Roy Eugene Davis. Also thanks to the Tibetan master, Djuhal Khul. Additional moral support was provided by Sid's Ashram and Grill. Dedicated to the memory of Swami Rudinandra, affectionately known to us as Rudi."[4][5]

## Travels with Jack

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Dreams of India is the second drama in the Travels with Jack series. All of the installments in the series are entitled Dreams of... although ZBS produced two others with a similar title, Dreams of Rio and Dreams of the Blue Morpho, which are not part of the series.[6]

Each story involves main character Jack being approached by a beautiful woman who asks for his help. In three of them he is sitting in a restaurant, eating alone, when this happens.

The dramas in the Travels with Jack series are:

* Dreams of the Amazon (1992)
* Dreams of India (1992)
* Dreams of Bali (1992)
* Dreams of Sumatra (1993)

## References

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1. ^ ZBS Foundation (1992). "Dreams Of India". ZBS Foundation. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
2. ^ R.F.W. (1992). "Dreams Of India". AudioFile Magazine. AudioFile Publications, Inc. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
3. ^ Smith, Jacob (Spring 2020). "Travels with Jack: ZBS's Post-Network Radio Adventure". Resonance. 1: 94–115\. doi:10.1525/res.2020.1.1.94.
4. ^ Dreams of India (CD booklet). Fort Edward, NY USA: ZBS Foundation. 1992. p. 2\. TJ3CD.
5. ^ "Various – Dreams Of India (A Travels With Jack Adventure)". Discogs. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
6. ^ ZBS Foundation. "Travels with Jack Set: Amazon, Bali, India and Sumatra". ZBS Foundation. Retrieved January 8, 2024.

## External links

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* ZBS Foundation
* Whirlitzer of Wisdom fansite[usurped]

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Stories|

* The Fourth Tower of Inverness
* Moon Over Morocco
* The Ah-Ha Phenomenon
* The Incredible Adventures of Jack Flanders
* Dreams of Rio
* Travels With Jack
* Dreams of the Amazon
* Dreams of India
* Dreams of Bali
* Dreams of Sumatra
* The Mystery of Jaguar Reef
* Midnight at the Casa Luna
* Return to Inverness
* Travelling Jack
* Dreams of the Blue Morpho
* Somewhere Next Door to Reality
* Do That in Real Life?
* The Eye of Van Gogh
* The Fantastic Voyages Of Captain Jack Flanders
* Orchids and Moonbeams
* The Ghost Islands
* Tropical Hot Dog Night
* The White Castle

Related|

* Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe
* The Cabinet of Dr. Fritz

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