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The Magic Drum

The Magic Drum

(Penguin Petit)

Sudha Murty
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Ramachandra and Rama are an old couple who have been saving their whole lives to go on a pilgrimage. But things go awry when all their money gets stolen at the first lodge they stay at, and they suspect it’s the owner of the lodge, Kamesh. According to the villagers, only the king’s counsellor, Krishnakant and his magic drum, can help them get justice.

Having lost all hope of ever recovering their money and coming around to the fact that they may never be able to go on a pilgrimage, can the couple trust a strange instrument to return their savings?

Find out in The Magic Drum, one of Sudha Murty’s most well-known tales that cleverly highlights the importance of honesty in an increasingly treacherous world.

Imprint: Puffin

Published: Oct/2013

Length : 10 Pages

MRP : ₹15.00

The Magic Drum

(Penguin Petit)

Sudha Murty

Ramachandra and Rama are an old couple who have been saving their whole lives to go on a pilgrimage. But things go awry when all their money gets stolen at the first lodge they stay at, and they suspect it’s the owner of the lodge, Kamesh. According to the villagers, only the king’s counsellor, Krishnakant and his magic drum, can help them get justice.

Having lost all hope of ever recovering their money and coming around to the fact that they may never be able to go on a pilgrimage, can the couple trust a strange instrument to return their savings?

Find out in The Magic Drum, one of Sudha Murty’s most well-known tales that cleverly highlights the importance of honesty in an increasingly treacherous world.

Buying Options
Paperback / Hardback
Ebooks

Sudha Murty

Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon, in north Karnataka. She did her MTech in computer science. She is the founder of Infosys
Foundation and is currently the chairperson of the Murty Trust.

A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written novels, technical books, travelogues,
collections of short stories and non-fictional pieces, and several bestselling titles for children. Her books have been translated into
all the major Indian languages. Sudha Murty is the recipient of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature. She received the Padma Shri in 2006, the Attimabbe Award from the Government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature in 2011, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Crossword Book Awards and the Padma Bhushan in 2023. She has also received ten honorary doctorates.

She weaves magical tales and especially enjoys writing for young readers. A generation of children has grown up reading her books, and her stories have been included in textbooks across schools in India.

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