Most popularWhatsApp Voice Notes
The easiest path. We send a prompt, they record a voice note back in their own language, and Qissa handles the rest.
Preserve Every Story
Your dadi's stories deserve to be immortal.
ہر قصہ ایک وراثت ہے
Every week, Qissa sends your loved one a gentle prompt on WhatsApp. They reply with a voice note in Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Punjabi, or English. We turn those memories into a bilingual hardcover book shipped to your family.
No app needed Bilingual books Ships globally
The Journey
From order to heirloom,
the way a family experiences it.
Four simple moments — that's all it takes to turn a voice into something you'll keep forever.
Step 1
Buy a Qissa for someone you love, or start one for yourself.
Choose the plan, tell us who the storyteller is, and decide whether this starts as a gift or a self-led legacy project. We handle all the setup before the first memory is ever requested.
🎁 Hand-packed with care
How stories are captured
They choose how they want to talk.
No apps, no logins, no frustration. We meet elders where they already are.
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Premium tierPersonal Story Calls
A bilingual Story Consultant calls on a scheduled day and conducts a warm guided conversation.
All plansEmail Prompts
For storytellers who prefer email, weekly prompts include a simple reply path with no app or password needed.
Why this matters now
The Partition stories are almost gone.
Millions of South Asian families have grandparents who carry living memories of 1947, migration, rebuilding, loss, humor, recipes, rituals, and the first homes they made far from where they began.
Qissa is for the diaspora in London, Toronto, New York, Dubai, Sydney, and beyond who feel the urgency, and for the elders who have not yet been asked the right questions in the right language.
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My dadi spoke only Urdu. I am her granddaughter in Manchester and I barely can. For the first time, I could read her exact words — and my children can read them too.
"Hearing Nani's voice play directly from the pages of the book, and seeing my daughter's face light up—it was pure magic. This is our family's greatest treasure."
Plans
Choose their Qissa.
All plans include a human onboarding call and one bilingual hardcover book.
Qissa
$99
per year
- 52 weekly WhatsApp or email prompts
- Bilingual hardcover book, one copy
- Human onboarding call
- Voice-to-text transcription and translation
- Lifetime digital archive
- Ships globally
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Concierge
$179
per year
- Everything in Essential
- Monthly 1-on-1 calls with a bilingual Story Consultant
- Culturally curated prompts for migration and family history
- Two extra hardcover copies included
- Family members can submit questions
- Priority print and delivery
Legacy
$349
per year
- Everything in Concierge
- Quarterly video sessions
- Dedicated Story Consultant for the year
- Photo restoration for up to 20 images
- Five hardcover copies with premium cover
- E-book included for family sharing
Private family archive 30-day guarantee Guided onboarding included Human editing, never generic
Their stories will not wait forever.
Start with one prompt, one voice note, and one story your family will still be able to hold years from now.