Jun 1957 – Chandamama Stories

It Is All Fate

In the old days, the Emperor at Delhi had a Chief Minister called Vijaya Das. In importance, he was next only to the Emperor himself

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Helen of Troy

[It was the Greeks’ tenth year of the siege of Troy. There was an internal quarrel among the Greeks, and Achilles, the mightiest of the

Chronicles

Avaricious

There was in a particular village a poor man called Bhadra. He had to go to the forest and cut wood to prevent his large

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Worthless Friends

In a particular country, there was a rich man. He had only one son. When the son came of age, the father said, “My boy,

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Family Honour

A zamindar belonged to a very ancient and honourable family in a particular country. So the zamindar was sensitive about his family’s honour and would

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The Goldsmith

ONCE again, Vikram went to the tree, took down the corpse, threw it across his shoulder, and began walking toward the burial ground. “O King,”

Vikram and Vampire

6. The Land Or The Crocodile

(There was a popular revolt in Kundalini and the army, too, joined it. Samarsen, the Commander-in-Chief, did not at first realise the serions ness of

Chronicles

The Sinner

When Brahma-Datta ruled Banaras, a wealthy merchant lived in that city with a son named Mitra-vindaka: This Mitra-vindaka was a wicked unbeliever. After his father’s

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