About the Book: Tales of Wit and Wisdom: Tenali Raman
Hampi, September 2005: A breathtaking landscape, the ruins of a prosperous
kingdom, and over cups of hot tea, two friends discover stories about the
world's smartest jester-Tenali Raman.
Sulekha is studying in Class V and has been allowed by her principal to
accompany her mother to Hampi, on the condition that she produces a full report
about life in the Vijayanagar empire on her return. In Hampi, Sulekha meets the
cocky TJ, who claims to be a descendant of one of Vijayanagar's most famous
citizens, Tenali Raman, and together they start collecting stories about the
jester and