As a young college lecturer in the 1950s, ramanujan collected tales from servants, aunts, schoolteachers, childrenanyone who would tell him a storyand translated and interpreted them over the next three decades this volume includes seventy-seven tales, with ramanujans notes that help place the stories in their cultural and literary contexts

Penguin India A Flowering Tree And Other Oral Tales From India

A.K.Ramanujan

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Folklore pervades childhoods, families and communities and is the language of the illiterate even in large, modern cities, folklore-proverbs, lullabies, folk medicine, folktales-is only a suburb away, a cousin or a grandmother away wherever people live, folklore grows india is a country of many languages, religions, sects and cultures it is a land of many myths and countless stories translated from twenty-two indian languages, these one hundred and ten tales cover most of the regions of india and represent favorite's narratives from the subcontinent ak ramanujan's outstanding selection is an indispensable guide to the richness and vitality of india's ageless oral folklore tradition

Folktales from India

A.K. Ramanujan has been recognized as the world's most profound scholar of South Asian language and culture. This book brings together for the first time, poems and essays by Ramanujan, which could not be used in his lifetime. Also included are Ramanujan's conversational interviews with academics and friends, folk-tales, discussions of Shakespeare, translation and the idea of communication.

Uncollected Poems and Prose (Oxford India Paperbacks)

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

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An enchanting collection of 110 tales, translated from twenty-two different languages, that are by turns harrowing and comic, sardonic and allegorical, mysterious and romantic. Gods disguised as beggars and beasts, animals enacting Machiavellian intrigues, sagacious jesters and magical storytellers, wise counselors and foolish kings—all inhabit a fabular world, yet one that is also firmly grounded in everyday life. Here is an indispensable guide to India's ageless folklore tradition.With black-and-white illustrations throughoutPart of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Folktales from India: A Selection of Oral Tales from Twenty-two Languages

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