A journey through civilizational memory, indigenous storytelling, Futures Studies and Foresight. Learn from yesterday, challenge your assumptions today, and explore what tomorrow could become.
🦜 Meet the Futures Parrot. A contemporary fictional guide inspired by South Asian storytelling, asking questions rather than predicting answers. The parrot is a new design character, not a claimed archaeological symbol of Mohenjo-daro.
Mohenjo-daro is a real archaeological site; Sheikh Chilli belongs to regional folklore; the parrot is an original fictional learning guide. These stories do not claim to reconstruct ancient beliefs or predict the future.
Standing imaginatively among the brick streets of Mohenjo-daro, the Futures Parrot asks: What might future generations learn from our cities? Explore water, public space, resilience and the assumptions behind how we live.
Original speculative vignette inspired by the archaeological site; not a story attributed to its historical inhabitants.
Carrying a basket of eggs, Sheikh Chilli imagines a growing business and a prosperous future. But what if one assumption fails? The parrot invites you to create three futures: growth, disruption and an unexpected alternative.
Original educational adaptation of a widely retold South Asian folktale; not a quotation or a chapter from the book.
What could change? What do we assume will remain the same? What can we test or do now? Move from attractive stories toward responsible, evidence-informed action.
The parrot is a fictional website guide created for this learning experience.
Try this free introductory exercise inspired by the themes of Dr. Khatani’s book and Futures Studies and Foresight workshops. This is a website-created companion activity, not a reproduction of the book’s original toolkit.
Your responses stay in this browser page and are not sent to this website by this worksheet.
A Guide to Futures Literacy, AI Wisdom and Purposeful Living. Explore the author's book, the ideas behind this interactive experience and the accompanying learning pathways.
View book listing ↗A verified open-access full-text edition has not yet been located. The companion exercise above is free to use.
Continue exploring Futures Studies and Foresight, alternative futures and practical questions using Dr. Khatani’s custom GPT.
Open the GPT ↗Mohenjo-daro is a real archaeological site. Sheikh Chilli is a figure in regional folklore. Their roles here are distinct from contemporary fictional storytelling and foresight exercises.
The prompts are speculative and make no claim to reproduce archaeological beliefs or an authoritative traditional version of the folktale.