Shakuntala and Other Timeless Tales from Ancient India

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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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