{"product_id":"folktales-from-northern-india","title":"Folktales from Northern India","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first single volume collection of classic Hindi folktales by translators William Crooke and Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1891, at a time when the study of India was primarily based on ancient texts, coins, and material remains, William Crooke dared to focus on \u003ci\u003eliving\u003c\/i\u003e India—its everyday culture, age-old customs, and fictional narratives. With Pandit Ram Gharib Chaube, he recorded and published, over a period of six years, a remarkable collection of folktales from northern India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tales reflect the tapestry of social and personal lives of this region, the epicenter of a revolt against British rule in 1857. Although many of the tales were published in British ethnographic journals, a number of the manuscripts, in Chaube's handwriting, were unpublished; others existed only as old microfilm in a New Delhi library. Never before have they appeared as a single volume or been available in any one library or archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes the original versions of over 350 Indian folktales collected in colonial India during the 1890s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction by Sadhana Naithani provides an overview of William Crooke's methodology and translation practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54217732358488,"sku":"9781576076989","price":49.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781576076989__67c1e0368d82a_ffdca0aa-ad89-40a9-9c9e-f8edd7d52126.jpg?v=1741157071","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/folktales-from-northern-india","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}