THE OWL DELIVERED THE GOOD NEWS ALL NIGHT LONG: FOLK TALES LEGENDS AND MODERN LORE OF INDIA

From Jammu and Kashmir in the North to the Andaman and Nicobar islands in the South from Dadra and Nagar havens and Daman and diu in the West to Arunachal Pradesh in the east and all the other states and Union territories of India in between here are 108 fabulous folk tales legends and stories from more than fifty-seven languages and dialects. You will delight in wondrous tales of heroes and heroines of ordinary men and women of wicked mothers-in-law and foolish sons-in-law of love lost and won of a tree who loved a girl of seers and wise men of chudails werewolves and wizards of a Potter girl and the divine cow of demoiselle cranes and humans transforming into elephants of how the Woodpecker got its Crest and much much more. Startlingly original brilliant wise and often funny these stories will delight readers of all ages.