Anything Indian

Vol. No : 1014

Contents 
Hitopadesha – How Friends are Parted  
Hitopadesha – Choice of Friends  
Tiger and the Woodpecker  
Friends and Foes – Animal Tales from the Mahabharata  
A Bag of Gold Coins 

Description 
The first two titles in this volume are based on the Hitopadesha, attributed to Narayana. The stories in the Hitopadesha are based on the more famous Panchatantra written by Vishnu Sharma. 

The third title in the series has stories from the Keyurabahu Charitramu by the distinguished Telugu poet Manchana. 

The fourth title in the volume is based on the Mahabharata. 

The fifth title has stories, adapted from Anwar-I-Suhaili, a Persian version of the Panchatantra, written by Hussain Ali Waiz. In Waiz’s version of the first story, the bag of gold coins is stuffed into the mouth of a cow, which is later killed. To avoid hurting the sentiments of a vast section of Indians, in our version we have shown a goat instead.