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Folk Tales from Meghalaya

Folk Tales from Meghalaya

Sobhona Bhattacharjee
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In the beautiful hills of Khasi, Garo and Jaintia in Meghalaya, there are fairies that can create rivers, a plant that can make people invisible and a fern bush which can ward off evil spirits. There are also three-headed giants, queens and villagers, animals and birds, and many other fascinating plants and creatures.

In this book, you will find a wonderful selection of stories about these fantastic beings and simple hill folk who have lived on these blue hills since ancient times.

Passed down by word of mouth over hundreds of years, these sixteen magical folk tales from Meghalaya, in the north-east of India, are full of adventure, wonder, excitement.

Imprint: India Puffin

Published: Oct/2024

ISBN: 9780143463993

Length : 144 Pages

MRP : ₹299.00

Folk Tales from Meghalaya

Sobhona Bhattacharjee

In the beautiful hills of Khasi, Garo and Jaintia in Meghalaya, there are fairies that can create rivers, a plant that can make people invisible and a fern bush which can ward off evil spirits. There are also three-headed giants, queens and villagers, animals and birds, and many other fascinating plants and creatures.

In this book, you will find a wonderful selection of stories about these fantastic beings and simple hill folk who have lived on these blue hills since ancient times.

Passed down by word of mouth over hundreds of years, these sixteen magical folk tales from Meghalaya, in the north-east of India, are full of adventure, wonder, excitement.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback

Sobhona Bhattacharjee

Sobhona Bhattacharjee retired as a teacher from St Edmund's School, Shillong, where she developed a keen interest in the folk tales of India's Northeast and beyond and started documenting the oral literature through the people she met in everyday life. Her Khasi Folktales was first published in 1979. Although she works extensively on folk tales, her stories are not confined to that. Her first book was Nepali Lokokatha. Her other books are Meghalaya o Mizoram er Lokokatha, Desh Bidesher Lokokotha and an autobiographical sketch of Guwahati, Kichu Smriti Kichu Chobi. All her published works are in Bengali. She is eighty-three years old.

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