How the Jackal ate the elephant

A collection of Panchatantra tales ...

Amar Chitra Katha - Krishna and Rukmini

The beautiful princess Rukmini they said was the goddess of wealth herself. No wonder kings and emperors wanted her as t...

Amar Chitra Katha - Ganga

Ganga's cleansing waters were urgently needed on earth. But the dauntless daughter of the mountains god was not to be ea...

Amar Chitra Katha - Vasantasena

Noble though penniless, the handsome Charudatta is the love of Vasantasena's life, but scoundrels and misguided friends ...

Amar Chitra Katha - Shah Jahan

Prince Khurram was a favourite of his grandfather, Emperor Akbar, who saw in the young prince a reflection of himself. K...

Amar Chitra Katha - The Blue umbrella

This Amar Chitra Katha brings together The Blue Umbrella and Angry River, two wonderful stories from one of India's most...

Amar Chitra Katha - Rana Pratap

Disdaining even the comfort of a bed, the valiant Rana Pratap waged a single minded, life-long war against the mighty Mu...

Amar Chitra Katha - Durgadas - the loyal courtier

Durgadas, the son of the prime minister of King Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur, vowed to liberate Jodhpur from the Mughal over...

Amar Chitra Katha - Kalapana Chawla

Unconventional clothes and bobbed hair were not only the indications of Kalpana's zest for life - this spirited young gi...

Amar Chitra Katha - JRD Tata

A reputed national airline, world-renowned scientific and medical instituions, an industrial empire catering to a nation...

Tales of Balarama

Balarama was not only Krishna's brother, he was his right-hand man.Together they made quite a team. Balarama's amazing s...

Amar Chitra Katha - Basaveshwara

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Amar Chitra Katha - Bappa Rawal - a Great Rajput Hero

He was known as a hard-working, honest young cowherd, but Bappa Rawal~@~Ys bearing and talents were that of well-bred pr...

Amar Chitra Katha- A bag of gold coins -ancient tales of wisdown

The precious bag contains the fruits of our life time of hard work. Thieves and scoundrels lay claim to it, but foolishn...

Amar Chitra Katha - Sakshi Gopal

His love was powerful, his god merciful but was that enough to win him the respect of the world? ...

Jagannatha of Puri -Dreamt by a king and Sculpted by Gods

King Indradyumna of Utkal had only one wish - to be able to build a temple that would be the most beautiful in the world...

Subramania Bharati -The Tamil Voice of Freedom

Teacher, writer, poet and a rebel, Subramania Bharati used the power of his pen to make the mighty British Raj tremble. ...

Jallianwala Bagh - Massacre of the innocents

The day was April 13, 1919. It was the festival of Baisakhi, New Year~@~Ys Day in Punjab, when thousands of holidaying v...

Dayananda - his strength was his virtue

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How friends are parted

The four stories chosen in in this group have simple moral tales to tell. ...

Nandivishala - wit and wisdom from Buddhist Lore

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Soordas - The blind bard

Just because the boy was blind, he became the part of every unkind prank. Little did his family realise that Soordas cou...

Urvashi - the Apsara who fell in love with a king

Urvashi's beauty takes King Pururavas' breath away. He is besotted. He forgets his duties as the king and is absent-mind...

Babasaheb Ambedkar

He was from a respectacle family, well educated and a lawyer, yet when Indians thought of him as untouchable. It was up ...

Saraswati - The Goddess of Wisdom

As Brahmha sinks into peaceful place, his radiance gives birth to a sublime form, Saraswati the goddess of wisdom. Amar ...

Mother Teresa - little acts of love

It was on a train from Calcutta to Darjeeling that Mother Teresa heard the first call. A voice asked her to leave the sh...

Andher Nagari - city of darkness

Bharatendu Harishchandra is one of the greatest playwrights in Hindi and Andher Nagari, written in 1881 is his masterpie...

Two oxen - Stories by Munshi Premchand

Munshi Premchand, one of the most famous writers of the 20th century, was known for his very insightful and accurate pot...

Harsha - a gallant king of Kanauj

Starting off as the ruler of tiny Thaneshwar, Harsha rose to become the powerful monarch of the kingdom of Kanauj. ...

Bird stories - jataka tales of brains versus brawn

The heroes of these tales value their friends, their families and their honour. They are brave and selfless. Though each...

Ancestors of Rama

King Rama was special. He was handsome, brave, talented, lies and a devoted son and husband-in fact it was the most perf...

Dhruva and Ashtavakra

To possess true knowledge, one need not to be grey-haired or bald. This ancient adage was proved true by the young Dhru...

Dasharatha - story of Rama's father

Dasharatha, prince of Ayodhya had been cursed by the old and blind parents of a youth he had unknowingly killed while h...

Malavika - a play by Kalidasa retold

Intrigue and suspense, coincidence and adventure blend happily together to join a handmaiden and a king in blessed matri...

Vikramaditya - courage and honour win the day

He has a special place in history because he proved that the love of power is not at all that is needed to create an emp...

Friends and Foes - Animals tales from Mahabharata

In the Mahabharata, when Yudhisthira asks Bheeshma what the right conduct of a king should be, the wise Bheeshma answers...

Chandralalat - the boy with the moon on his forehead

Based on a folktale from Bengal, Chandralat is a story that has been popular for generations ...

Rash Behari Bose - Independent India was his life long dream

As a schoolboy and a young man he rebelled against the unfair accusations that the people of Bengal lacked courage. Det...

Kapala Kundala - the fearless child of the forest

In this Bengali classic, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaay writes about Navakumar, a city bred young man and his innocent br...

Jnaneshwar - Founder of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra

It was predicted by a sage that the children of Vithal and Rukmini would be great spiritual leaders. But of their childr...

Raja Raja Chola

By the strongest twists of fate, Arul ascended the throne as Raja Raja Chola, and proved to be one of the greatest ruler...

Baji Rao 1 - the warrior Peshwa

Baji Rao the warrior Peshwa fought 36 battles leading his men to victory time after time. He made the marathas a formida...

The Indus Valley adventure

Amar Chitra Katha presents a very special story that brings to life one of the most ancient civilisations of the world. ...

Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das

Brilliant lawyer, talented poet, farsighted statesman - Chittaranjan Das had all it takes to make life prosperous and pe...

Krishna and the false vasudeva

A tale packed with humour and sound advice ...

Shalivahana - the man who started an era

This story traces the path that made Shalivahana so powerful that an entire era, the Shalivahana Shaka was named after h...

Ranjit Singh - the lion of Punjab

Strong and outstandingly brave, Ranjit Singh defied death at every turn. Only ten year old when he first led a victoriou...

Sulatana Razia

Sultana Razia ruled for only three and a half years but she proved her father right byt being a wise and just ruler who ...

Bagha Jatin

When a tiger attacked Jatin Mukherju, his friends felt sorry for the tiger! The animal was killed and Jatin spent only a...

The hidden treasure - wisdom wins a war

Mahajanaka was all set to wage a bloddy war. Fate however, had other plans. It turned his battlefield into a magnificent...

Mahatma Gandhi

A man who stirred the hearts of millions and inspired them to believe in freedom. ...

Krishna and Jarashandha

A tale of krishna's triumph over the mighty Jarasandha ...

Ajatashatru - a son's story of sorrow and success

Ajatashatru is ridden with guilt, for ordering the death of his own father. He couldn't shed his feelings of remorse and...

Battle of Wits

With the wisdom of Buddha, when he was just 7yrs old, nothing and no one could subdue his destiny. ...