When The Wind God Fell Sick and Other Folk Tales

By Chandrasekhar Kambar

'Save the tree, that's a wood nymph you see '
Readers of Indian folklore will immediately relate these words to India's finest mythmaker and Jnanpith awardee, Chandrashekhar Kambar's works.
When the Wind God Fell Sick and Other Folk Tales, a delightful collection of several folk stories and a play, opens up fantastical vistas in children's literature while addressing environmental concerns like saving trees, conserving forests and keeping our world green and clean. With marvellous multi-layered plots, this book transports young readers into a world full of gods, demons, princesses, sorcerers and also common people.
These are tales of adventure, romance and good-natured humour. 'Daughter of the Kino Tree' celebrates the victory of love against hostile supernatural forces. In another tale, the eponymous Wind God ails with a strange sickness. In 'Gullava and the Lord of Rain' the evil king Bhupathi gets all trees chopped to prevent the Lord of Rain from visiting Earth. Naturally, there is a calamity.
'The Tale of the Flower Queen' is a play about a wood nymph who can transform into a tree. When the king of the land marries this Pushparani, his jealous senior queen plots to kill her. The fight between humans, who are bent on cutting a tree, and the animal world, which forms a protective ring around it, is a superb climax. The collection includes other fascinating stories too.
Krishna Manavalli's brilliant English translation brings the rich folk sensibility and a vibrant Kannada idiom to readers of the younger generation and to those young at heart.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9357021949
• ISBN13: 9789357021944
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"