Mulla Nasruddin (Tales of wit and wisdom)
Book Specification
| Item Code: | NAG307 |
| Author: | Sampurna Chattarji |
| Publisher: | Puffin Books |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2008 |
| ISBN: | 9780143330073 |
| Pages: | 172 |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 8.0 inch X 5.0 inch |
| Weight | 150 gm |
Book Description
As thirteen-year–old Shashank sits despairing over his Maths homework, a little doodle comes alive and reveals himself as Mulla Nasruddin (MN). Shashank starts writing down MN’s hilarious escapades-of falling off roofs and defeating the Traveling Brainies; of staying dry in the rain and finding a road on the top of a tree; how he once ate a whole basket of chillies; and how he tried to get rid of Timur the Lame’s pet elephant.
Taking the much–loved tales of Mulla Nasruddin into a young boy’s richly imaginative world, Sampurana Chattarji’s retelling is one that will entertain and move adults and children alike.
Sampurna Chattarji was born in Africa, grew up in Darjeeling, went to college in New Delhi and worked for seven year in advertising in Kolkata and Mumbai before becoming a full-time writer. Her collection of stories, The Greatest stories Ever Told, and her translation of Sukumar Ray’s poetry and prose, Abol Tabol: The Nonsense World of Sukumar Ray, are both available in Puffin. Her books for adults include a poetry collection, Sight May Strike You Blind published by the Sahitya Akademi in 2007.
| Refuse to see things that simply aren’t there | 1 |
| Violent fists in the air | 2 |
| You can call me Al | 4 |
| Can’t you talk straight, like normal people? | 10 |
| Thinking gets you nowhere | 20 |
| If wishes were horses | 22 |
| Talking to a little guy in a turban | 34 |
| ‘What was normal anyway? | 36 |
| He’s a time-traveller | 37 |
| I’ll make you famous | 39 |
| They could imagine more because they knew less | 40 |
| Why can’t you ever tell one story at a time? | 44 |
| Too much fun | 59 |
| Why didn’t I wake up one morning and find I could do magic? | 60 |
| We would never forget | 62 |
| That’s the problem with questions | 64 |
| Why was I so scared? | 77 |
| A script I had never seen before | 79 |
| A road at the top of the tree | 80 |
| No one knew everything, not even grown-UPS | 92 |
| He who is unafraid of Timur is unafraid of anything | 96 |
| Mulla Nasruddin’s Guide to Seeing the World | 103 |
| Was it a secret code? | 114 |
| One wrong word could mean death | 116 |
| Get out and get out fast | 119 |
| Have you ever had your computer screen turn upside-down? | 121 |
| This guy was a riddler | 125 |
| The right door had to be the right door | 130 |
| The rain was red | 133 |
| Shouldn’t I be a real hero and choose what really frightened me? | 135 |
| Everything I needed was here | 141 |
| Start walking | 145 |
| The hermit in the hut | 157 |
| The body was missing | 159 |
| Seeing things differently | 161 |
