Stories

Fate’s Unwritten Path: Folktale from India A young Brahman (Scholar-sage) in search of knowledge had heard about a great sage and philosopher who lived in the heart of a dense forest, far from the madness of civilization. So he walked for days through the thorns of the jungle and the menace of wild beasts till he reached the lonely cottage on the bank of a river where the great sage lived. The old sage welcomed the young

The Jasmine Prince: Folktale from India There was once a king who was called the Jasmine Prince because the scent of jasmines would waft from him for miles whenever he laughed. But for that to happen, he had to laugh naturally, all by himself. If someone else tickled him or forced him to laugh, there would be no scent of jasmines. The Jasmine Prince ruled a small kingdom and paid tribute to a king greater

Widow Who Spoke to Walls: Folktale from India A poor widow lived with her two sons and two daughters-in-law. All four of them scolded and ill-treated her all day. She had no one to whom she could turn and tell her woes. As she kept all her woes to herself, she grew fatter and fatter. Her sons and daughters-in-law now found that a matter for ridicule. They mocked at her for growing fatter by the

The Boy Who Turned Into A Monkey: Folktale from India Once upon a time there was a boy in a village whose mother had died when he was young. After some time, the father married again in order to have a helpmate for himself a well as to provide a mother for his young son.But unfortunately for the little boy, the stepmother took an intense dislike to the boy from the very beginning and began