A Twist in the Tale: More Indian Folktales

A Twist in the Tale: More Indian Folktales

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Book Specification

Item Code: IDE675
Author: Aditi De
Publisher: Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.
Language: English
Edition: 2005
ISBN: 0143334972
Pages: 248 (Figures: 37)
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 7.8" X 5.2"

Book Description

From the Jacket:

From Bengal to Bastar and Kashmir to Coorg, there are stories that have been handed down generations: bedtime stories for children, fireside stories for travelers, who have heard these tales, wondered at them and repeated them to others. In A Twist in the Tale: More Indian Folklores, Aditi De collects forty such stories from various parts of India and retells them with dollops of humour.

A friendless crocodile, a timid mouse and a vain fox are among some of the eccentric characters that appear in this book. There is also a clever princess, a hapless priest with heron feathers flying out of his mouth, and galleries of rough. Strange happenings are not uncommon, so a nail grows out of nail clippings and a beetle saves a man from the dungeons. Full of the details of everyday life, festivities and food, these ageless stories have seldom been so exciting and such fun. Accompanied by Uma Krishnaswamy's brilliant illustrations, this book will introduce the magic of Indian folktales to a new generation of readers

About the Author:

Aditi De is a freelance writer and editor based in Bangalore. She has worked at Indian Express and been associate Editor of the children's magazine Junior Quest, which she launched for the Chennai-based Chandamama group. She later edited Open Seasame, the children's supplement, Sunday Herald and Articulations magazine pages of Deccan Herald. She has written children's columns for Chatterbox magazine, Deccan Chronicle and Young World. She is the author of Articulations, a collection of interviews with contemporary Indian visual artists.

CONTENTS

How the First House Was Built 1
With a Wave of the Wand 7
A Sweet, Sweet Dream 14
The Case of the Jealous Guru 20
Gangamma and the Nail Tree 29
How the World Was Born 34
Bharo's Lucky Damris 42
The Monkey Monarch 49
Wisdom for sale 56
The Golden Dream 62
The Frog Bridegroom 65
The Sun God's Gifts 71
Tiger, Tiger, Who Are You? 78
Gopal Bhar Measures the Earth 86
A Beetle to the Rescue 91
How Death Came to Earth 101
A Twist in the Tale 106
King for a Day 111
Sukhu and Dukhu 117
Who's the Greatest of Them All? 127
The Mind-reader 130
The Weevil's Fast 135
A Wealth of Wisdom 139
The Secret of the Magic Fruits 147
Justice for the Queen Cobra 154
The Mother-in-law's Blessings 163
The Heron That Grew 169
The Mystery of the Eighth Key 173
Tenali Rama the Painter 181
The Unusual adventures of Chhura 185
A Pool School for Crocodiles 191
A Salty Love 199
A Gathering of Rogues 205
A Vision of Mecca 213
The Crocodile Meets His Match 215
The Tortoise Elephant 221
The Bag of Fortune 227
An Egg-citing Adventure 230
The Dealer of Death 238
A Story to End Them All 243
Acknowledgements 248


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