The word “mama” means “maternal uncle”, the brother or male sibling of one’s mother. In Himachal Pradesh, an adult guest is politely referred to as “Mama”, too. Once upon a time, there lived a Garhwali family in the Kumaon village of Himachal Pradesh. The couple had a young son. One day, there was a bitter Read more…

There lived an old woman with her seven sons in a village named Kurmachal. Six of her sons slaved away in the fields, plowing, sowing and irrigating the land. They needed to get water from a lake far away from their village. To protect their crops from the wild animals, they built a wall around Read more…

Long, long ago, there lived a king with his only daughter. The little princess and the minister’s daughter played together and went to the same guru for their lessons. The guru always blessed the princess that she would marry a corpse. On the other hand, he blessed the minister’s daughter that she would marry a Read more…