Tales from a Faraway Land

About the Book

My homeland is India, far, far away from where I live today. I raised my children here and I really wanted to have them hear some of the stories that my mother and grandmother used to tell when I was a little girl. We have tried to give a glimpse into the world of stories from where I was born and brought up - stories of castles, long journeys, brave heroes and heroines, stories from the great epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, tales of great and learned Indians as well as fables and family tales. We felt that there was a need to preserve and share these tales from a faraway country with generations to come and hope that many readers and listeners may get a flavor of India and will be transported into that world through their imagination.

About the Author

About the author Seba DasSarma, grandmother of four beautiful grandchildren, started work on this book a long time ago, wanting to share her stories with her children. She lives with her husband in West Virginia. She enjoys telling about her native India and her childhood there. About the Illustrator Priya DasSarma, mother of two sweet little ones, lives with her husband and children in Maryland. She found many of these stories in the form of letters written to her husband by his mother and felt a need to preserve and share the tales. She typed up the stories and edited them with the help of the whole family. This is the first book she has illustrated. She has always enjoyed reading and listening to tales from India.