STORIBUZZ

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

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The Cat and the Rat – Enemies or friends? –  from the Mahabharata

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On January 19, 2025

In Epics/ Itihaasas/ Puranas and Legends

This is a story from Shanti Parva told by Bhishma Pitamaha to Yudhishtira on managing enemies. This is a beautiful fable through which a great strategy has been taught. Read on to know…

A Tale From The Panchatantra – The Foolish Weaver

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On July 30, 2014

In Wit, Wisdom and Humour

In one of the villages of southern India, there lived a weaver by name Mandharaka. Mandharaka was not very rich as he had no helpers and had to weave cloth by himself and with limited resources, he could not earn much money. One day, while he was weaving a cloth, the weaving frame suddenly broke. […]

The Cranes And The Serpent – The enemy of an enemy is not always a friend!!!

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On March 3, 2014

In Animal Tales, Wit, Wisdom and Humour

This is a story from the Hitopadesha. Hitopadesha as the name suggests is Hitha+Upadesha in Sanskrit which means, benevolent advice. This set of stories named as Hitopadesha is said to have been written in Sanskrit, by a person by name Narayana Pandit in the 12th century for a King by name Dhavalachandra. It is understood […]

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