Fables from India: a Collection of Short Stories  (English, Paperback, Mane Uday)

Review of “Fables from India” – Uday Mane

Every child grows up hearing/reading stories or fairy tales. It is one of the most mesmerizing stages of life when we get to know and in our curiosity we gobble up without differentiating fact from fiction. The Fables from India written by Uday Mane provides a sneak peek into those long gone times when the Kings ruled the lands and magic existed in the ordinary lives.

The author weaves beautiful short stories which tell the tales of a tree that come...

In the age of information overload and instant gratification, it is easy to forget that our existence may have a deeper meaning and a larger purpose. Every once in a while, we need a reminder and Fables from India is just such a book. A collection of short stories, although woven around simple contexts and characters, reaches out to the reader with a profound message.

This is a book that everyone should read, especially the young ones. Simple yet profound, you might be tempted to question yo...

"Fables from India" by Uday Mane is a book, which will get you nostalgic to boot. I got this book as part of the "Flipkart Book Review Program."

The book will single-handedly remind you of your childhood days and the various bedtime stories of Kings, Princes and Castles that you read as a child in the night, till you were forced to switch off the light by the parents and admonished for being up so late. All the kings and their various kingdoms with their own eccentric characters will come al...

his is a book which is a nice attempt to make its way into children’s lives , these days so chaotic and cluttered with mass media, sugar laden food and parents trying to send them to ballet and german classes. It’s nice and comforting and if you have a beginner at your home who has little patience but may grow to read Dickens someday, you give that kid this book.

The stories are short, unique in plot and a nice way to introduce your kid to a diverse culture that they must learn to appreciate...

Fables from India by Uday Mane has 23 short stories which revolve around Indian characters and its villages and towns and hence the "from India" part. The book opens with 'What Do I Seek?' which is a poem. May be the authors love for poetry has been given place. The first Tale, "Prince of Aramadia"sets the mood for rest of the stories. It is very Indian, with theme of sacrifice, divine intervention, bringing back to life (wife of the protagonist in the story) and is highly predictable.

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Like it is said in the blurb, this book is a collection of 22 profound and unheard stories from countries unknown of its story telling which are set in the ancient times. He starts the book with a poem "What Do I Seek", which is out of the blue and a surprise for the readers who expect a story.Then starts the author's ease of storytelling and we are in for a roller-coaster ride to our childhood days of hearing enchanting stories.The stories are only 3 to 4 pages, but each one is a gem and Uda...

Reading this book took me straight to my childhood, when I would SOAK in the stories found in old issues of Chandamama and tales told by my Ajji. The stories were filled with brave Kings, proud princesses, wise animals and talking trees and always had a nice little moral at the end that somehow was never too preachy or boring.

Uday Mane's fables are a perfect throwback to grandma's tales of yore. They tell stories of courage, wisdom, kindness, hard work and humility, without (mostly) soundi...