FFolktale The fruits of truthMarch 2, 2020No comments Sarala Dasa’s Odiya Mahabharata has an interesting folk tale that is not found in any other version of… Read More
FFolktale Rajah SuranFebruary 22, 2020No comments Once upon a time, there was a king, his name was Rajah Suran and he ruled over a… Read More
FFolktale Two of everythingFebruary 17, 2020No comments There is a Chinese saying that says, ‘Be careful what you wish for’. An Indian folktale embodies the… Read More
FFolktale Folktales have many different motifs.February 15, 2020No comments Ms. Sheila Wee, founder and director of Federation of Asian Storytellers, Singapore, speaks to Utkarsh Patel of The… Read More
FFolktale Cotton trees and DraupadiJanuary 5, 2020No comments Why does the semul/semal/salmali have thorns? Blame it on Draupadi. Bhima, the strongest and mightiest among the Pandavas… Read More
FFolktale Cotton trees and demonsJanuary 5, 2020No comments The cotton tree known as the semul/semal/salmal in various parts of the country has a number of folk… Read More
FFolktale The Divine WitnessDecember 24, 2019No comments Acharya an old Brahmin lived on the outskirts of Puri, a temple town in Odisha. His work was… Read More
FFolktale Sundara and Satya PirFebruary 26, 2019No comments Bengal has seen the cult of many Muslim saints, known as Pir and among them was one known… Read More
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