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The next morning in Gokul (Uttar Pradesh, India), the word spread that Nanda had a little boy and he was named Krishna. Now Kansa knew that his would be slayer was still alive and was in Gokul, so he summoned a wicked demoness name Putana. He ordered Putana to go to Gokul and kill every baby born in the month …

Bibiji, my neighbour, a warm, attractive woman in her early thirties, is fond of odd, macabre stories, most of which have their setting in her village near Mathura (Uttar Pradesh, India). The other night Bibiji launched into an account of various types of ghosts she had known – the ghosts of immoral women – churels -who appeared naked with their …

मिट्टी की सोंधी महक के साथ ही ताजे केक की सुगंध हवेली के चारों ओर फ़ैल चुकी थी। पुरानी सी हलके पीले रंग की हवेली, जो अब तक गुमनाम पड़ी हुई थी आजकल “केक वाली हवेली” के नाम से जानी जाती थी। “केक वाली हवेली” का नाम गाँव वालों का ही दिया हुआ था क्योंकि उस हवेली को दूर से …

Once upon a time – of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve – old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal: and he could hear the people in the court outside, go wheezing up and down, beating their hands upon their breasts, and stamping their feet upon the pavement …

Narakasura was a legendary figure, the progenitor of the Bhauma dynasty of Pragjyotisha. He is considered to be a son of Bhudevi, fathered by Vishnu in his Varaha incarnation. He is claimed as one who established Pragjyotisha. He was killed by Krishna and his son. Bhagadatta of Mahabharata fame, succeeded him. Bhoomi Devi (mother Earth) had a son named Naraka. …