About the Book: Shehzadi Mircha: Folktales from the Punjab
King Karna is fried every morning to provide a fakirs breakfast, but finds that
there is a more generous ruler than he; Raja Rasalu becomes a jogi just for a
glimpse of the fair Queen Sundaran; a rat thinks he drives a good bargain, but
is astonished when his bargaining brings him a bride; and a bulbul pines for
green chilies from the garden of a Jinn. These folktales and many others from
all over North India were collected by Flora Annie Steel in the nineteenth
century. Today, they are an invaluable snapshot of a