Soul Tales: Fables of Miracles and Magic
The trekkers had never ventured to this part of the hills before. The group of 16 were in their early 20s, all final year students of an engineering college in Bhopal. In the next three months they would all go their separate ways and this would probably be the last outing for them together, before …
She was a queen and a spiritual master, a protector of nature and a warrior. Her followers did her bidding to protect the treasures of the earth. One autumn afternoon, a long time ago, she and her four horsemen surveyed from the fringe of the forest, the castle where a priceless crystal had been kept. …
Shontu lived in his dilapidated ancestral home in one of the labyrinthine bylanes of Varanasi. He was an idolmaker, a seventh generation one, and the fifth son of his father. While all his elder brothers had got into different professions, Shontu continued to carry forward the legacy of his forefathers – for he loved his …
