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The Path of Light
The Path of Light is a collection of short stories nothing if not a mirror to the phenomenal range of human behaviour. Taken from the Upanishads to the Jatakas to South Asian folklore, these simple but contemplative tales show how people are capable of both extreme cruelty and inordinate kindness.
Old-fashioned storytelling meets classic wit and wisdom in this collection. These unusual stories, told in the author’s sharp, humorous style, are distilled human experiences that have the unique quality of endurance. From the ordinary comes the extraordinary; from the human, the supernatural.
Ancient and modern, sort-of-known and unheard of, these magical tales from the banks of the Yamuna to the Kaveri and from over the Eastern seas—across the Indic tradition—take us through the pitfalls and pleasures of existence, fusing the past with the present in a happy continuum.
Old-fashioned storytelling meets classic wit and wisdom in this collection. These unusual stories, told in the author’s sharp, humorous style, are distilled human experiences that have the unique quality of endurance. From the ordinary comes the extraordinary; from the human, the supernatural.
Ancient and modern, sort-of-known and unheard of, these magical tales from the banks of the Yamuna to the Kaveri and from over the Eastern seas—across the Indic tradition—take us through the pitfalls and pleasures of existence, fusing the past with the present in a happy continuum.
109 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 21, 2016
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October 10, 2020
I'm sure we have all read some of the folk tales collection like Jataka tales, Panchatantra and Arabian nights as a child. These tales are so interesting, isn't it?
Once again I got to peek at this glimpse of my childhood when I started reading "The Path of Light" by Renuka Narayanan. This book is the collection of 27 old Indian stories which will take you through some of the mythological stories as well as stories with brief teachings of human life.
Renuka Narayanan has ornamented the stories with emotions, aspects of human life and vivid geographical narrations where those had taken place.
When you'll read this you'll feel being absorbed into an ocean of wittiness, intellectualism, true devotion, repentance, self realization, aspects of cleanliness in terms of inner and outer, truth and yet many other things. I've felt the same too.
A few stories disinterested me but most of them were fascinating. Some of the stories which I loved are
The royal horse
The Bowman's strategy
Pingala, the public woman
The songs on his heart
The old man and the sea
Under the pipal
The orphan month
The eldest son
The scent of her hair
The performance
It is a perfect book to revive the aspects of human life which we've almost forgotten. Also a few stories like "Pingala, the public woman" and "The eldest son" contain a whole lot of emotions which will hit you hard. Some stories bored me while reading. That's why it took so long to complete this. But anyways, it was a book that I neither enjoyed much nor I'm disappointed with.
Once again I got to peek at this glimpse of my childhood when I started reading "The Path of Light" by Renuka Narayanan. This book is the collection of 27 old Indian stories which will take you through some of the mythological stories as well as stories with brief teachings of human life.
Renuka Narayanan has ornamented the stories with emotions, aspects of human life and vivid geographical narrations where those had taken place.
When you'll read this you'll feel being absorbed into an ocean of wittiness, intellectualism, true devotion, repentance, self realization, aspects of cleanliness in terms of inner and outer, truth and yet many other things. I've felt the same too.
A few stories disinterested me but most of them were fascinating. Some of the stories which I loved are
The royal horse
The Bowman's strategy
Pingala, the public woman
The songs on his heart
The old man and the sea
Under the pipal
The orphan month
The eldest son
The scent of her hair
The performance
It is a perfect book to revive the aspects of human life which we've almost forgotten. Also a few stories like "Pingala, the public woman" and "The eldest son" contain a whole lot of emotions which will hit you hard. Some stories bored me while reading. That's why it took so long to complete this. But anyways, it was a book that I neither enjoyed much nor I'm disappointed with.
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