About the Book: Diwali: Stories, Legends, Myths
FIVE DAYS OF DIWALI. TWENTY-FIVE STORIES. ONE FESTIVAL OF MAGIC, MYTHS AND
LIGHT.
When Mishti and Rahul arrive at Nana and Nanis home for the Diwali holidays,
they expect sweets, lights and laughter. What they dont expect is to be swept
into a world where marigolds guard doorways, oceans churn up treasures, gods
battle demons, and a cows roar can summon an army.
As the evenings glow with diyas, Nana and Nani unlock story after story-from the
fall of ten-headed Ravana to the night Kali danced in the darkness, from Krishna
lifting a mountain to the promise between a brother and