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

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I am a mother of two children who love stories. I used to work in the Insurance industry. I have heard and read lots of Indian stories from my childhood and still read. Our stories have lot of values and also reflect the way society was, in ancient days. As a hobby, I am rewriting the stories I have heard and read, in an attempt to preserve them for the benefit of present and future parents and grandparents and kids of course!!

Karataka and Damanaka

This story is one from the Panchatantra which appears in the chapter “Loss of friends” or “Mitra Bheda” as it was called in Sanskrit. There is a lot for our politicians in particular to learn from this story which is why maybe Vishnu Sharman who taught three princes worldly wisdom told this story. Once there […]

What you want is always not what you need!

This is a rather philosophical story which I am going to narrate. We have come across many situations in our life where we want something but end up getting something else. In India, mostly, we reconcile ourselves that a particular thing had to happen that way and so it happened.This attitude is sometimes even beneficial […]

The story of Tenali Raman

In the village of Tenali in the present day Andhra Pradesh, lived a lad by name Ramalingam. He was called Rama in short and  was a shrewd and intelligent fellow but  a happy-go-lucky fellow with no intention to  work. Most of his time he whiled away in the woods nearby. One day when he was […]

Always be friendly with your neighbours

Long long ago in the forest of Swetharanya, there lived a two hawks. They had recently migrated to this forest from another forest as  humans had begun to inhabit that forest in which they lived earlier. Here, they had built their nest on a tall tree by the side of the river Swetha Pushkarini. There […]

The story of Jaya and Vijaya

Jaya and Vijaya were the Gatekeepers at Vaikuntha, the abode of Lord Vishnu. The gatekeepers were called Dwara Paalakas. Dwara is gateway in Sanskrit and the keepers (Security) were called Dwara Paalakas. One day, the four sages, Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana and Sanatkumara, who were called collectively as the Sanatkumaras, came to visit Lord Vishnu at […]

The story of the vulture and the cunning cat

This is a story from the Hitopadesha. Long long ago in the forests of central India , there was a huge banyan tree. The tree was house to hundreds of birds who had built nests on the innumerable branches. All the birds left the tree during the day to look for food and came back […]

The story of Kannappa Nayanar

This is the story of one of the sixty-three Nayanars (Saivite saints) Kannappa Nayanar. Kannappa Nayanar  was born Thinnan , in a place called Uduppur near the present day Srikalahasti to the Chieftain of the hunting tribe, Nagan. Thinnan was born after lot of penance by his parents and so was the apple of their […]

The lost diamond

In the present day Andhra,  in olden days there lived a wise person by name Maryada Rama. He was a very clever and shrewd person with an impeccable sense of justice and he was trusted by the people of the village and the nearby villages for his impartial judgements. Before going to the king’s court people […]

Sonar Barsa

Long long ago, in a remote village in Bengal, lived an old farmer Subroto. Subroto was too old and weak to work in the field any more and that year there had been a severe drought that his field had become a piece of parched land, totally barren. Subroto’s wife Moitree was also very weak […]

The talkative Tortoise

This is a tale from the Jatakas. Once upon a time in northern India , there was a small pond near which lived a tortoise He  was a very talkative tortoise and would pick a conversation with anyone who came near the pond. One day two beautiful young wild ducks named came to the pond. […]

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