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The Last Manuscript of Nallapati
The librarian was ninety-one years old and had been looking for the same manuscript for sixty-seven years. His name was Nallapati Venkaiah, and he had dedicated his life to one…
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The Weaver Who Wove the Seasons
In a village in the Godavari delta, where the river ran wide and green and the silk worms were fed on mulberry leaves grown in the courtyard of every third…
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The Clever Swans and the Rushing River
The river had been rising for three days, and the flock of swans who lived on its bank knew they needed to cross before the fourth. On the fourth day,…
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The Golden Deer (Understanding Consequence and Desire)
The deer was the most beautiful thing Sita had ever seen. It moved between the trees at the edge of the forest clearing, its coat shimmering as if each hair…
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The Vow of Bhishma
His name, at birth, was Devavrata — the one devoted to dharma. He would later be called Bhishma, which means the one who took the terrible oath, and that name…
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Tenali Rama and the Invisible Ink
The trouble began, as trouble in King Krishnadevaraya's court so often did, with a challenge from a stranger. He arrived during the court's open audience — a lean man in…
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The Architect of Amaravati (Historical Fiction for Children)
The year was 200 BCE, and the city of Amaravati was being born stone by stone on the southern bank of the Krishna River. Twelve-year-old Priya had never been allowed…
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The Boy Who Counted the Stars
In the small mountain village of Meru, where the nights were so clear that the Milky Way looked like spilled milk across the sky, there lived a boy named Arjun…