Tag: humour

The Rat Merchant

On January 25, 2014

Long long ago, in one of the port towns of Southern India there was a young man Ramu who was poor, but intelligent. Ramu was going in the market street one day, when he saw a dead rat. The Minister of the Kingdom who was also passing by with his friend looked at the rat and […]

The lion, monkey, snake and the merchant

By krvidhyaa

On April 1, 2013

In Wit, Wisdom and Humour

Once upon a time, in an ancient city of India, lived a simpleton by name ‘Dharmabuddhi’. He was a very kind-hearted soul who helped anybody in need be it man or animal, expecting nothing in return. He was not a very rich person and lived a very frugal life. One day, Dharmabuddhi was going to […]

The Foolish Camel

By krvidhyaa

On March 9, 2013

In Animal Tales, Wit, Wisdom and Humour

Once upon a time, in a town in central India, there was a rich merchant. Once, he found that he had acquired lot of camels and therefore wanted to sell some of them. The animal market was in a village at a distance from the town an one had to pass through a thick jungle […]

Birbal and the Magic Sticks

By krvidhyaa

On March 7, 2013

In Wit, Wisdom and Humour

We have all heard of Raja Birbal who entertained Emperor Akbar with his wit and wisdom. He not only entertained the emperor but also solved the problems of many of his friends with his wisdom.The following is one such story. One of Birbal’s friends by name Chamanlal had a problem. One of the Ivory showpieces […]

Tit for Tat

By krvidhyaa

On March 6, 2013

In Wit, Wisdom and Humour

In a small town in Northern India, there was this Mithaiwala- a seller of sweetmeats. His name was Sonu bhai but he was called Lalchibhai by the people of the town as he was a very very greedy person.. His sweets were extremely tasty and made with good ingredients but Lalchibhai was more and more […]

The hermit and the miser

By krvidhyaa

On March 6, 2013

In Wit, Wisdom and Humour

This is a story I heard on radio this morning. Thought it was nice enough to share. My own additions are there to the story! Once upon a time, in a village in Central India, there was a very wealthy land owner named Dhanlal, who was extremely miserly. He was so.. so miserly that he […]

Tenali Rama and the Brinjals

By krvidhyaa

On March 6, 2013

In Wit, Wisdom and Humour

We all know the about the intelligent Tenali Ramakrishna who adorned the court of Raja Krishnadeveraya. This story is about how Tenali escaped the punishment for eating the brinjals grown in Raja Krishnadevaraya’s private garden. The Emperor Raja Krishnadevaraya had been gifted with a few saplings of an exotic brinjal variety by one of his vassals. The brinjals […]

Hello, I am Vidhyaa. I am the mother of two children who love stories. I worked in a senior position in the Indian insurance industry till 2021 and voluntarily quit for narrating stories which I enjoy so much! I was trained by Kathalaya‘s International Academy of Storytelling Bengaluru from where I completed my Diploma in 2022. My area of interest is tales from Bharat and I take pride in narrating Indian tales, for that is what I grew up with. The purpose of this website is to showcase these tales to the world and to the younger generation for them to pass it on. Please feel free to give your feedback by way of comments.