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ToT TalES TEJIMOLA’S TEARS

Folk tales include fables, myths, and legends. They are
passed down from one generation to the other and each Burhi Aair Xadhu, meaning
time certain nuances get added to them to modify the tale. Old Mother’s Wise Tales is a
collection of thirty folklores
Nitesh Chauhan, Xi, balwant rai Mehta Vidya bhawan, asma, g.K-ii, New Delhi;
smriti singh, Viii C, Delhi Public school, Mandla road, Jabalpur in Assamese. Tejimola is a
character who is well eulogised
PRECIOUS PANCHATANTRA in songs and films along with
The renowned Panchatantra is a collection of five books in Assam. Tejimola is
books written in Sanskrit by Brahmin Vishnusarma. a young girl with a loving
The word Panchatantra translates to the five most father, however, she has
useful strategies for educating children through animal a resentful stepmother,
stories, namely: who hates her and is
Mitra-bheda – Separation of friends cruel to her.
Mitra-labha – Winning of friends
Kakolukiyam – War and peace
labdhapranasam – Losing what you have gained
apariksitakarakam – Careless actions EKLAVyA :THE STAR STUDENT
Dia gupta, Vii C, bluebells school international, Kailash, New Delhi;
apoorva Pal, Vii a, sunbeam school, annapurna, Varanasi Eklavya aspired
ACTIVITY: Given below are images of stories from to learn archery
the Panchatantra. Find out which theme they belong to: from Guru
Dronacharya. When
brahmin’s wife and he approached
Mongoose The Owl and The Crow The Four Friends
him, Dronacharya
refused to mentor
him. Disheartened,
Eklavya returned
1. __________________ 2. __________________ 3. __________________ home to build a statue of Dronacharya and started
practicing on his own. He considered the statue as
his guru, which propelled him to reach great heights
THAKURMAR JHULI in archery. He even surpassed Dronacharya’s beloved

For a child born in Bengal, A Bag of Grandma's Tales or student Arjun’s archery skills.
Thakurmar Jhuli is a common bedtime story. Written by
Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumdar. It is a collection of folk ACTIVITY: GURU SHISHYA
tales of fairies, princes, queens, devils, and ghosts. This picture shows Eklavya’s commitment towards
aaratrika ghosh, Viii h, Delhi Public school, Newtown, Kolkata; his teacher, Guru Dronacharya. Many tales from
rishita, Viii b, global indian international school, godrej garden City,
ahmedabad the Mahabharata teach certain values, such
as this. Write your
KASHMIR KE DASTAAN favourite story from

In Kashmir, storytelling for bedtime any epic or religious
book bringing out
was a favoured mode to engage the relationship of
kids. These sometimes included teacher and child.
singing in order to narrate the
Dastaans. These folk tales include K. aparna, iX, Olivet
school, Maharanipeta,
the tales of Shireen Farhad, Gul Vishakhapatnam
Noor, and many more. There are
numerous versions of these stories
prevalent in Kashmir. Illustration by: Vishwas Rawat, VIII, Raksha
Anusandhan Vidyalaya, Dehradun

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