A long, long time ago, there lived a couple in their thirties in a small village around the Bastar region. Their names were Hari and Dejah. The couple collected bamboo shoots and then weaved beautiful baskets out of them. After they were done weaving a set of thirty to thirty-five baskets, Hari would go to Read more…

Once upon a time, there used to live a ranch owner on the foothills of the Himalayas. He was part of the Lepcha tribe. He had recently employed a fellow Lepcha tribesman named Atek to look after his ranch cattle. The ranch owner then left for his hometown to spend the entire winter with his Read more…

Once upon a time, the sun and the sky were so close to the land that the trees grew crooked and the people could barely stand upright. The sunrays reached the earth unhindered. Heatstroke was a common occurrence, and one in every three people suffered from it. One day, an old farmer with a freshly Read more…

There was a time when elephants had small noses. It was shorter than their tusks, fitting right in between them. One year, it did not rain at all. This resulted in a severe drought. Animals were forced to walk miles in search of water. Snehu was an elephant, who, just like his forest co-inhabitants, was Read more…