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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
Tales of Birbal - By Anant Pai
Who hasn’t heard of Raja Birbal – the wise and witty minister in the court of Akbar, the Great Mughal Though popularly known as Bir...more>>
Who hasn’t heard of Raja Birbal – the wise and witty minister in the court of Akbar, the Great Mughal Though popularly known as Bir...more>>
Tales from the Panchatantra - By Anant Pai
The original Sanskrit text of the Panchatantra was probably written about 200 B.C. by the great scholar, Vishnu Sharma. But some...more>>
The original Sanskrit text of the Panchatantra was probably written about 200 B.C. by the great scholar, Vishnu Sharma. But some...more>>
Tales from the Jatakas - By Anant Pai
All living creatures die to be born again, so the Hindus believe. The Buddha was no exception. Legend has it that several lifeti...more>>
All living creatures die to be born again, so the Hindus believe. The Buddha was no exception. Legend has it that several lifeti...more>>
Tales from the Hitopadesha - By Anant Pai
The Panchatantra was written by Pandit Vishnu Sharma between the second and third centuries B.C., but Hitopadesha, came much lat...more>>
The Panchatantra was written by Pandit Vishnu Sharma between the second and third centuries B.C., but Hitopadesha, came much lat...more>>
Shivaji The Great Maratha - By Anant Pai
During the seventeenth century, the Mughals reigned supreme over the Northern and Central India. In the Deccan endless battles were ...more>>
During the seventeenth century, the Mughals reigned supreme over the Northern and Central India. In the Deccan endless battles were ...more>>