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').