Table of Contents

TALES OF CREATION - The Beginning - The Curse - The Milk Ocean - The Lie - The Sons of King Sagara - The Fish - TALES OF DESTRUCTION - Sati - Burning Love - Taraka - Uma - Kartikeya - How Uma Became Parvati - Ganesha - Yama and the Love Girl - Hanuman - Chandra's Shame - TALES OF PRESERVATION - The Blue Boy - The Loves of Queen Pritha - Rama and Sita - The City of Dwaraka - The Iron Rod - Little Gopala - The End

About the Author

John Jackson was born in 1929 in rural Devon, England, close to where he lives today. He is an established author and a businessman. John strongly believes in the power of storytelling to unite people and ideas, and to bridge the gap between different communities and cultures.

Reviews

*** "The tales are told in an elegant, precise prose and are by turns rousing, witty, affectionate and portentous - the illustrations are absolutely and utterly stunning." The Bookbag *** *** "Jackson is a master storyteller" Books Monthly *** *** "Rarely does one come across an author-illustrator pairing as harmonious as that of Johnson and Terrazzini." Asian Review of Books *** *** "The gorgeous handwritten type and Daniela's imaginative reinterpretations of the tales had me spellbound" Amelia's Magazine *** *** "Epic, engaging and astonishingly enthralling" Comics Review ***