FFolktale The monkey and his brideJanuary 13, 2019No comments In a village in the midst of a very hot summer, one afternoon, a group of girls went… Read More
FFolktale The merchant and the swanJanuary 9, 2019No comments This is a folk tale collected from the Kachari tribe in Assam Once upon a time there lived… Read More
MMyth Eagle godsDecember 31, 2018No comments In Indian traditions, the eagle has had a very significant place. As Garuda it successfully wrests the much… Read More
FFolktale Tees Mar KhanDecember 9, 2018No comments Once there lived a weaver in a small village in one of the big kingdoms in North… Read More
EEpics Lusariha and RamaNovember 25, 2018No comments In the Mizo tradition, Lusariha or Ravana has seven heads. He is invincible because of a boon from… Read More
EEpics Rama and KhenaNovember 18, 2018No comments The brothers Rama and Khena (Lakshmana) were twins in their mother’s womb. But even before they could come… Read More
MMyth Horse headed VishnuOctober 30, 2018No comments After a nearly 10,000-year gruelling battle with the demons Madhu and Kaitabha, Vishnu was exhausted. He could not… Read More
LLegend Alli and NeenmuganOctober 22, 2018No comments The legend of Alli is located in and around Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Alli was the child of… Read More
MMyth The king who became a womanOctober 8, 2018No comments In the Mahabharata, Yudhishthira asks Bhishma to tell him who gains greater pleasure from sex, man or woman?… Read More
FFolktale Madhava and SataSeptember 9, 2018No comments Among the many folk versions that the epic tale of Ramayana has spawned is a remarkable woman-centric ballad… Read More
