The maneating tiger of Yeleswaram and other tales from my Indian childhood eBook Rajesh Valluri
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When a man-eating tiger was on the prowl terrorising villagers in the area, the local landlord, or Zamindar as they are called in India, took it upon himself to get rid of the menace. Being an avid hunter with years of experience behind him, he was angry and frustrated that none of the usual methods to hunt the beast were successful. After his fellow villagers couldn't get anywhere near the crafty and dangerous animal, the Zamindar upped the ante, and gambled another man's life to bait the tiger. This is the story of how his gambit unfolded.
There is the story of a Monkey who wanted to show its gratitude to a bus driver who saved its life. What about the homeless man who specializes in catching venomous snakes in peoples homes? There is also a story which is very close to my heart, that explores the common bond between all living beings, hunger, love and compassion for one another.
When the westerners think of tigers, snakes, deer, they invariably think of zoos and may be the animal planet. The people of India have a completely different outlook when it comes to things like these. As kids who were raised in certain parts of rural India, we practically grew up with such animals living in our backyards. There are tons of interesting encounters with these animals, and tall tales we were told by our elders. This is a collection of some of those stories.
Indian villages are an intriguing cornucopia of life's varied experiences. There is the good, definitely the bad, and sometimes plain absurd. From that comes generations of folklore which can range from being an amusing anecdote, to a silly hyperbole, to downright creepy.
Here is a collection of some of my own recollections, stories that unfolded in-front of my very eyes, stories I know for a fact are plain fiction, and then some too fantastic to be true, but true none-the-less.
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The maneating tiger of Yeleswaram and other tales from my Indian childhood eBook Rajesh Valluri
It's short an each chapter is a stand alone story so you can read in one sitting or take breaks without losing the thread. There events which might be emotional for some. Suggest it be previewed by a parent before letting your children read it.There were a few typos, but that seems to be typical for new authors who don't yet have proofreaders. A word processor spell checker would not have caught any of the ones I spotted. I did not notice a problem with switching between tenses that other reviewers mentioned. Also, keep in mind that the author is not a native English speaker. Other than the few typos that probably explains any problems reviewers noted.
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The maneating tiger of Yeleswaram and other tales from my Indian childhood eBook Rajesh Valluri Reviews
A good read for children! Learn Indian values and culture through this book.
Four good bed time stories, value for money.
Simple story with lots of emotions.
I've just discovered this on (which I can now read via a app for my PC). It's a charming collection of four rustic stories from India concerning the Indian relationship with animals, told from a Hindu perspective. I am hoping to interview the author next year for a magazine article, but for less than a pound this is a great little read, and especially good for use as children's bedtime stories. It is so refreshing, to someone who knows only the western model of existence with all its capitalist focus on profit and achievement, to encounter such an enchanting recollection of memories and stories reminding us of the proximity of nature all around us in all its wild majestic beauty and charm, and sometimes danger of course. The book additionally captures all the delights of life in a rustic, village-focused community in a very captivating way. Well recommended.
It is okay as a collection of stories.
Hey, this is a fun read and I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it is really short.
When a friend of mine recommended this book to me, I was skeptical. I didn't think reading someone's first book is the best use of my time. Boy was I wrong!!?
The author is still rough around the edges, but the content of his stories, and the style of narration more than makes up for it. The four short stories are so different from one another, and they do take me a foreign land from a different era. The author has done well to capture the essence of the people and culture from a post-colonial India.
If you go with an open mind, this book provides a welcome reprieve from the run-of-the-mill fantasy ,sci-fi thrillers and vampire stories. This will transport you to a simple, rustic rural India, and will keep you thinking long after you have finished reading.
I strongly recommend this book to those of you who are willing to try something different.
The stories told are not really true but not really false either. The author called them legends which covers a lot of territory. I thought the main story about the man- eater however was worth the 99 cents I paid for the book and it is a fair peek into Indian (India) culture.
Disclaimer I know the author from undergrad days
Summary there are 4 stories each set in a different scenario based on the author's childhood in India
Pros The stories are all unique,
The title story is very good , read almost like a thriller
The story about monkey was also very interesting and a thing that can happen only in India
The story about snake charmer was very painful to read
I finished the book in a single sitting and wanted more of these stories
Suggestions
Writing (language construction etc) and switching form past to present tense could have been handled better
It's short an each chapter is a stand alone story so you can read in one sitting or take breaks without losing the thread. There events which might be emotional for some. Suggest it be previewed by a parent before letting your children read it.
There were a few typos, but that seems to be typical for new authors who don't yet have proofreaders. A word processor spell checker would not have caught any of the ones I spotted. I did not notice a problem with switching between tenses that other reviewers mentioned. Also, keep in mind that the author is not a native English speaker. Other than the few typos that probably explains any problems reviewers noted.
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