Tales From The Upanishads

by Dev Nadkarni, Souren Roy (Illustrator)

The word Upanishad literally means 'sit down near' for the student had to sit close to the teacher to receive instructions. Perhaps, what brought the two still closer were the stories the Guru narrated. These stories provided a meaningful context for the topics under discussion. They also demonstrate that in those days knowledge was not the monopoly of any select group. Thus Janashruti, the ruler of the land, approaches the cart driver Raikva, with humility, to seek the highest truth.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Mythology, Hinduism, Fantasy

32 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 10, 2011

Reviews

[Curious04kid · Rating 4 out of 5]

I could have given it 5 stars but there is a publishing error in the book, as a part of one story appears in another story, which makes the overall reading experience jittery. Other than that minor irritation the book is an apt description of Upanishadic tales that would make complex ideas easily palatable. This book is a great way, indeed, to introduce the ideas given in Upanishads to a young audience. A must read!!!

[Anish Kumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insightful tales.

This part has 4 educational tales from upinishads. The stories are great for kids. I am going to start reading ACK to my kids during their bed times
. One page for 3rd story is jumbled hence 4 stars.

[Ashish Iyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely sweet stories from various Upanishads.

[Nagendra Kaushik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Missing pages

There is some page/pages missing in the story of "Raivaka the cartman". Pl correct the same.

Apart from the above inadvertent error, no words. Beautifully narrated. I bought the hard copy of this book as well

[BookishWriter · Rating 5 out of 5]

VERY INTERESTING TOPIC ON BRAHMANS

[Rijin Malayattil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting stories

It is a very good way of sharing spiritual stories with kids. Examples well explained to raise the kids spiritual quotient.

[Satish Nagarajan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amrit of tolerance

Upnishads is milk of cow Vedas and you have made it easier for all age groups. Hoping to READ MORE

[Atulit Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amused

[Davidson Babu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Realisation of the existence of LIFE behind every living thing!

The three tales point towards the true purpose of life - to realise the presence of Life behind every living being. The main aim is to find out why we are here on the earth! Where will we go after this life? Where did we come from?

[M.Mahendra kumar Reddy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Story missing

Part of the story of king Janashruti missing and one leaf of it mad misplaced elsewhere. Pls edit it properly

[Avinash K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Could be better.

Randomly selected stories. No real thread linking the selection. The stories are not bad but essentially the same. Few more stories would have been nice.

[Sriramya Sriram · Rating 3 out of 5]

Incomplete

Incomplete and dis-order in the story.. The publisher has to scrutinize the contents properly before publishing. The pages are uneven.

[Shantanu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice stories

Stories are simple and short. I am longing for more. Upanishas are vast and explained this way will be really helpful

[Ravi Kumar Dandapani]

nice

[Prakash]

A very short collection of 4 stories in comic book style.

[Kartikeyatiwari · Rating 4 out of 5]

The stories are good but a page is situated at a wrong place.

The stories are good but the second last page of the story "Raikva the Cartman" is in the middle of the story "When the Devas were humbled"
So take care while studying the story.