Author: Devicharan Rathore
Publisher: Publications Division
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 71
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123013795
Description
Folk tales are an inseparable part of human culture from time immemorial. Folk tales from India and broad are narrated in a simple and lucid manner in this book. The stories, in general, convey how best one could lead a purposeful and just life.
The author, Devicharan Rathore, has presented these tales beautifully. The values sought to be conveyed through the stories would stand the test of time for generations to come.
Contents
1. The Secret of Success
2. The wonder of Wisdom
3. The Clever Farmer
4. Hundred Blows to a Goldsmith
5. And Gangaram spoke the Truth
6. The Love of a father
7. As One Sows, So One Reaps
8. The wily Astrologer
9. Miser’s Donation
10. Well-earned Coin The price of a Poem
11. The Consequences of Deceit
12. Hosing the Ornaments
13. Tin-nu’s Coin (China)
14. Plant and Tree (Japan)
15. The wisdom of the Painter (Korea)
16. The Evils of Avarice (Iraq)
17. Sleeping Fate (Iran)
18. The Talkative Wife (Russia)
19. Da Trang’s Pearl (Vietnam)