When The Wind God Fell Sick and Other Folk Tales

by Krishna Manavalli

‘ Save the tree, that’ s a wood nymph you see!’ Readers of Indian folklore will immediately relate these words to India’ s finest mythmaker and Jnanpith awardee, Chandrashekhar Kambar’ s works. When the Wind God Fell Sick and Other Folk Tales, a delightful collection of several folk stories and a play, opens up fantastical vistas in children’ s literature while addressing environmental concerns like saving trees, conserving forests and keeping our world green and clean. With marvellous multi-layered plots, this book transports young readers into a world full of gods, demons, princesses, sorcerers and also common people. These are tales of adventure, romance and good-natured humour. ‘ Daughter of the Kino Tree’ celebrates the victory of love against hostile supernatural forces. In another tale, the eponymous Wind God ails with a strange sickness. In ‘ Gullava and the Lord of Rain’ the evil king Bhupathi gets all trees chopped to prevent the Lord of Rain from visiting Earth. Naturally, there is a calamity. ‘ The Tale of the Flower Queen’ is a play about a wood nymph who can transform into a tree. When the king of the land marries this Pushparani, his jealous senior queen plots to kill her. T

128 pages, Paperback

Published April 5, 2023