The Man who Saved the Moon
A kind-hearted man, looking down into a well, saw the reflection of the moon in the water. “Oh! My God! The moon has fallen …
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Folk tales
All features, stories and articles tagged with: Folk tales
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The Singing Donkey
Long ago there was a small little town called Devpur. In this town lived a washerman and his old, lean donkey called Bhola. Bhola …
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And Elephants did Fly
A Saora folk tale from Orissa retold from ‘When the World was Young’, by Verrier Elwin. The book is a fascinating …
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Shebu and Moonmoon, the Long Haired Goat
Shebu and Moonmoon, the Long Haired Goat [Illustrations by Kusum Chamoli] “Bajai,” as we called grandmother, was the …
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The Story-tellers
What could be a better way to get to know a country than through its folk-tales and stories? And if you love collecting stories …
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