Natraj Publisher Indian Folktales Retold

by Ruskin Bond

In this collection of short stories, India’s favourite storyteller retells India’s forgotten folktales.

Have you heard of Hiranmantota, the kind’s most trusted parrot who was betrayed by his master? Or of a Yakka, a creature with the face of a horse and the body of a woman? Do you know which prince married a monkey? Or about the queen who was actualy a rakshasa?

Join Ruskin Bond on a fascinating journey where you will encounter generous kings and handsome princes, evil rakshasas and an angry Lord Shiva, a wise parrot and a scheming crane, a clever crab and a talking white elephant. The stories, told with Bond’s sparkling wit, are a treasure trove of fun and wisdom, fables of the perrenial battle between good and evil in which the wise always win.

153 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2014

About the author

Ruskin Bond is an Indian author of British descent. He is considered to be an icon among Indian writers and children's authors and a top novelist. He wrote his first novel, The Room on the Roof, when he was seventeen which won John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then he has written several novellas, over 500 short stories, as well as various essays and poems, all of which have established him as one of the best-loved and most admired chroniclers of contemporary India. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing, for his short stories collection, "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra", by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children's literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie.

Reviews

[Abitha Ganesan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Light reading which makes you believe in all the folk story we would have heard when we were children. It got back memories of my childhood when we read these small stories. Easy read. Continue to be fan of the author.

[Austin Ajit · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love all Ruskin Bond kids books ,this one gives knowledge and stories .

[Aruna Kumar Gadepalli · Rating 4 out of 5]

16 tales that are retold by the author. Some of the stories will be familiar to readers.

[Aditya Pandya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fascinating!

[Abhinav Pathak · Rating 5 out of 5]

love it

[Tangled Tourista · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book, some of the stories were fun to read, while there are some which I didn’t like much. Mostly the stories are laughable, and these stories reminded me of the folktales which my mother used to tell me and my brother when we were kids.