The next time you feel inclined to bend the rules of good behavior, tHink of the characters that people these jolly Jataka tales. Light-hearted lessons in moral...
It was a time of corruption and despotism in the state of Travancore. Balarama Varma, the Maharaja, was a helpless teenager who watched his Diwan take advantage...
When Satyabhama, Krishna's fiery wife, gets offended by the behavior of Indra's wife Sachi, the two gods come to war over the lovely Parijata tree. The ...
Vali's days were numbered. Brave enough to confront the most vicious of demons and strong enough to destroy them every time, he unfortunately could not conq...
When Sakhwal accidentally gets some sand, intended for the king, he has no idea that it will turn to gold and change his life. Dravyashah uses his wits to win t...
The Emperor Akbar wanted to honor him but for the poet Tulsidas no honor was greater than telling the story of Lord Rama to ordinary people in a language they u...
A very poor man is given a magical conch, when it is put in a pot and food is cooked with it, the pot supplies an endless quantity of very delicious food. When ...
It was a time of turbulence when resentment against British treachery and betrayal was simmering in the people of India.
The Nawab of Avadh had been a staunc...
A cat fools the animals in the jungle by pretending to be holy and pious. A frog finds himself in a dangerous predicament with a hungry crow. A clever deer know...
Kochunni ran away from home, to avoid living with his thieving parents. But wherever he went, people insisted on treating the little boy as a thief himself. Koc...
Malharrao Holkar of Malwa, in Central India, was so impressed by the religious devotion and regal bearing of eight-year-old Ahilya, that he decided to make her ...
He was not from a royal family but his vision and ambition set him far above the ordinary. Farid, who was later known as Sher Shah, was the son of an Afghan est...