The Tales of India by Daulat Panday

Tales of India is a book from which I learnt a lot. Every story has an important value. Tales of India has three parts. There are all different types of stories, imaginary (fairy tales), mysterious stories, sad stories etc. Each story is gripping throughout and the language is simple, but words used are amazing. It was very enjoyable to read it.

My favourite story was -‘Prayers have wings.’ It was a story which told that the prayers done with true devotion in heart flies all the way up to the heaven to the Gods, but the other prayers  just reach till the clouds. I learnt that poor or rich does not matter, it is only the devotion, and we should be always contented with what we have.

The best thing about the book was that all the values were shown in a list form in the story. Some of the values I learnt were :

1. Unity is strength.
2. Greediness leads.
3. Friend in need is a friend indeed etc.

I liked the dialogues written in the book very much. They were very much perfect. If the story would be tragic, the dialogues would give a true tragic feeling which would make reading interesting. Same with happiness and love etc. E.g.

Then, I also liked all the fairy tales of the book. The fairy tales are written in such a way that we start believing it is true.

I liked the story – Blue Lotus – also. It was imaginary but had a very good meaning. I learnt from it that beauty has its price, and so it is safe not to possess too much of it.

The author has also used small poems and songs in between which make the story more interesting and enjoyable to read.

Some specific instances I liked were :

I liked when a poor beggar said in the story – Prayers have wings – that :

I was inspired by these lines a lot.