Shakuntala and Other Timeless Tales from Ancient India

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Item Code: NAI341
Author: Adithi Rao
Publisher: Scholastic India Pvt. Ltd.
Language: English
Edition: 2012
ISBN: 9788184776973
Pages: 172
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 7.5 inch X 5.5 inch
Weight 160 gm
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About the Author

 

Adithi Rao graduated from Smith College, USA, with a degree in Theatre, and returned to India to work as an assistant director on the Hindi film Sarya. She went on to become a writer on a travel channel. She writes for children and adults, television and film. Her short stories have appeared in various anthology collections. Shakuntala and Other Stories from Ancient India and Growing Up in Pandupur (Young Zubaan, 2011) are her first two books.

 

Contents

 

1.

Abhijnanashakuntalam-Kalidasa

7

 

Shakuntala

9

2.

Mrichchakatika-Shudraka

23

 

The Little Clay Cart

25

3.

Uttararamacharita-Bhavabhuti

63

 

The Last Trial of Sita

65

4.

Silappadikaram-Illanko Adigal

95

 

The Story of an Anklet

97

5.

Manimekalai-Sattanar

126

 

The Dancer and the Begging Bowl

128

6.

Urubhangam-Bhasa

148

 

The Shattered Thigh

150

 

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