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There are many who love to tell a story and many more who love to listen to one. And each time a story is retold, it acquires a new colour and a fresh dimension.
The grandmother who heard a story as a little girl from her grandmother, tells the same story to her grandchild but with a few embellishments of her own. The traveller from a distant land who happens to hear a story in the course of his travels, later tells it to his own people, modifying it to make it more dramatic or more acceptable to his audience. That is how stories which had first been told centuries ago have been kept alive and that is why we find recurring themes in the tales told in different regions separated by hundreds of miles.
The two stories included in this Amar Chitra Katha are adapted from two popular folktales of Punjab.
There are many who love to tell a story and many more who love to listen to one. And each time a story is retold, it acquires a new colour and a fresh dimension.
The grandmother who heard a story as a little girl from her grandmother, tells the same story to her grandchild but with a few embellishments of her own. The traveller from a distant land who happens to hear a story in the course of his travels, later tells it to his own people, modifying it to make it more dramatic or more acceptable to his audience. That is how stories which had first been told centuries ago have been kept alive and that is why we find recurring themes in the tales told in different regions separated by hundreds of miles.
The two stories included in this Amar Chitra Katha are adapted from two popular folktales of Punjab.
Amar Chitra Katha
Krishna and Jarasandha - By Anant Pai
Jasarandha was the emperor of Aryavarta (North India) at the time when the Pandavas were ruling at Indraprastha. Most of the kings of North ...more>>
Jasarandha was the emperor of Aryavarta (North India) at the time when the Pandavas were ruling at Indraprastha. Most of the kings of North ...more>>
Kacha and Devayani - By Anant Pai
The story of Kacha and Devyani appears in the first book of the eighteen that are contained in the Mahabharata. The central theme of the Mah...more>>
The story of Kacha and Devyani appears in the first book of the eighteen that are contained in the Mahabharata. The central theme of the Mah...more>>
Jayadratha - By Anant Pai
Jayadratha is one of the most despicable characters to be found in the Mahabharata. He terrorised the helpless and cowered before the mighty...more>>
Jayadratha is one of the most despicable characters to be found in the Mahabharata. He terrorised the helpless and cowered before the mighty...more>>
Indra and Shibi - By Anant Pai
Though references of Indra occur in Hindu scriptures from Vedic times to the medieval age, there had been a gradual erosion in his importanc...more>>
Though references of Indra occur in Hindu scriptures from Vedic times to the medieval age, there had been a gradual erosion in his importanc...more>>
Indra and Shachi - By Anant Pai
The Indra of the Vedas is a very powerful king, the ruler of the heavens. But as we come to the epics we find he becomes more and more human...more>>
The Indra of the Vedas is a very powerful king, the ruler of the heavens. But as we come to the epics we find he becomes more and more human...more>>