Where Are you Going You Monkeys ? : Folktales from Tamil Nadu – Ki Rajanarayanan, Tr . Pritham K. Chakravarthy

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Translated from the Tamil by Pritham K. Chakravarthy. Ki. Rajanarayanan has spent three quarters of a century collecting the weirdest and wildest tales from the karisal mannu, the scorched, drought-stricken land of Tamil Nadu. This colorful and often hilarious collection includes a gallery of conniving goddesses and jealous husbands, pious sparrows and randy mice, jewel-crazy girl ghosts and angry star demons. WARNING: Includes a chapter of “naughty & dirty” tales!