A collection of Indian tales of wit, wisdom, humour, bravery, devotion and lots more...

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Knowledge beyond books

A tale narrated by Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa to show how bookish knowledge is not enough to survive in life…

From the Panchatantra – The King Elephant and the King of mice

A tale from the Panchatantra highlighting the benefits of gaining good friends…

The Lazy Donkey – A folk tale

This is a folk tale but I know not from which part of India. Once upon a time, in ancient India, there lived a merchant Ramu, who had a donkey named Bhola. Ramu was a very kind fellow who took good care of Bhola. He fed him well with green grass everyday (which many donkey […]

Birbal Cooks Khichdi!

Once Emperor Akbar had gone on a hunting expedition. It was the peak winter season and late in the evening, Akbar wanted to have a wash, after a tiring day. He went to the nearby river and when he tried to take the water, it was ice cold. Akbar was very surprised that the water […]

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