دانلود کتاب Tales and Legends From India

Here are tales from different parts of the country, from followers of different faiths; stories of kings and commoners, tribal people and townsmen. Included in this collection are stories, painstakingly culled and thoughtfully crafted, from the Mahabharata (‘Shiva’s Anger’ and ‘Shakuntala’); the Jataka (‘The Hare in the Moon’ and ‘The Crane and the Crab’) and from regional folklore (‘The Tiger-King’s Gift’ and ‘The Happy Herdsman’).
With detailed annotations on the sources of each of these stories, Tales and Legends from India showcases the unique and wonderful ethos of India, as told by its most beloved storyteller, Ruskin Bond.

About the Author
Ruskin Bond has been writing for over sixty years, and now has over 120 titles in print-novels, collections of short stories, poetry, essays, anthologies and books for children.
His first novel, The Room on the Roof, received the prestigious John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1957.
He has also received the Padma Shri (1999), the Padma Bhushan (2014) and two awards from Sahitya Akademi-one for his short stories and another for his writings for children. In 2012, the Delhi government gave him its Lifetime Achievement Award. Born in 1934, Ruskin Bond grew up in Jamnagar, Shimla, New Delhi and Dehradun.
Apart from three years in the UK, he has spent all his life in India, and now lives in Mussoorie with his adopted family.
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