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Chandrasekhar Kambar Krishna Manavalli

When The Wind God Fell Sick and Other Folk Tales

Chandrasekhar Kambar,  Krishna Manavalli

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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.
05 April 2023
Children's literature studies: general; Adventure stories (Children's&YA)
‘Save the tree, that’s a wood nymph you see!’

Readers of Indian folklore will immediately relate these words to India’s finest mythmaker and

Jnanpith awardee, Chandrashekhar Kambar’s works.

When the Wind God Fell Sick and Other Folk Tales, a delightful collection of several folk stories and

a play, opens up fantastical vistas in children’siterature while addressing environmental concerns

like saving trees, conserving forests and keeping our world green and clean. With marvellous multilayered

plots, this book transports young readers into a world full of gods, demons, princesses,

sorcerers and also common people.

These are tales of adventure, romance and good-natured humour. ‘Daughter of the Kino Tree’

celebrates the victory ofove against hostile supernatural forces. In another tale, the eponymous

Wind God ails with a strange sickness. In ‘Gullava and theord of Rain’ the evil king Bhupathi

gets all trees chopped to prevent theord of Rain from visiting Earth. Naturally, there is a calamity.

‘The Tale of the Flower Queen’ is a play about a wood nymph who can transform into a tree. When

the king of theand marries this Pushparani, his jealous senior queen plots to kill her. The fight

between humans, who are bent on cutting a tree, and the animal world, which forms a protective

ring around it, is a superb climax. The collection includes other fascinating stories too.

Krishna Manavalli’s brilliant English translation brings the rich folk sensibility and a vibrant Kannada

idiom to readers of the younger generation and to those young at heart.
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Translated by:  
Imprint:   Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 12mm
Weight:   102g
ISBN:   9789357021944
ISBN 10:   9357021949
Pages:   128
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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