Timeless Tales from Marwar by Vijaydan Detha

Author:Vijaydan Detha [Detha, Vijaydan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789353057695
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published: 2020-01-13T00:00:00+00:00

Tell me, a naagan in whose fangs flows such nectar, who could be scared of her? When kids would get the chance, they would play with her. Women would worship her. Light incense sticks and make offerings of sindoor. Then what is the big deal in feeding her saffron milk with a spoon of gold? This naagan was such a good woman that if she bit a dead man, he would come alive again! Only if the lines of such people prosper, will the race of humans be happy and peaceful.

As he chugged on his hookah, Viliyo looked at the choudhary and began saying, ‘In the markets, the strange spectacle, which surprised you so, meant this. Each will find meaning in this as per his wisdom! No one said a word throughout the story. Everyone just sat quietly and listened—this is a very good thing. This is a test of the greatness of a story! And to tell you the truth, I have a bad habit—I really dislike murmur while a story is being told! In a manner, appreciation during a story adds to its beauty, but it doesn’t work for me. I don’t like troubling people, so I happily take what they give me. But these stories are invaluable! You see these golden flowers? If someone gifts me a pearl for every letter, I still wouldn’t take it! When I tell a new story, Viliyo, the barber, doesn’t stay the same person. Keeps changing! You all just stare at my face, but you do not know my heart! Now eat your rotis to your heart’s fill, then burp! Drink. These subtle things you all cannot understand the essence of! Why ask the way to a village you don’t have to go to?’

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