Indian Folktales: Folk Stories, Legends, and Anecdotes in Bloomington, MN

Indian Folktales is a collection of folk-stories, legends, and anecdotes, collected and translated from Hindi by Pradeep Atrey. These enchanting bedtime stories present the colourful world of their characters- kings, queens, gods, goddesses, ordinary men, women, demons, animals, insects, and so on, and in turn generate all sorts of aesthetic sentiments, like love, laughter, anger, pity, disgust, fear, peace, etc. The tales also provide a glimpse of Indian culture as they are primarily grounded in the everyday lives of Indian people. The tales will undoubtedly interest readers from all age groups.