Friday, March 28, 2008

Books about India

Also from my e-mail:

We like the R.K. Naryan versions of the stories. We picked up a book last time we were in
India that has both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, and another section on Gods,
Demons, and Others. I just checked, and Amazon also has them separately, but not
together. You can also read others reviews their. We have only red the Ramayana so far.

Another set of stories we absolutely love, though they are not an epic, are the Birbal tales.
They are stories of a king, Akbar, and his wise, clever advisor, Birbal. My husband grew up
with these stories (he's from India), and we found a wonderful selection of them by James
Mosely called __The Ninth Jewel of the Mughal Crown__. This version is playfully
illustrated. He also has an unillustrated book calleed __A Caravan from Hindustan__ which
has many more stories in it.

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