Books with author RAM WAEERKAR

Hanuman Stands For Extraordinary Physical Strength, Courage And Humility. Above All, He Is Known For His Devotion To Rama. So, It Was Little Wonder That Rama Entrusted Hanuman With The Task Of Carrying His Message To Sita In Lanka. Again, It Was Hanuman Who Brought Him The Life-Giving Sanjeevani To Revive His Beloved Brother Lakshmana Who Had Been Grievously Injured On The Battlefield. Even Today, Hanuman Is Regarded As The Epitome Of Unfaltering Devotion And Unparalleled Strength.

Krishna is the most popular divine hero of India in human form. Krishna's story is full of exciting events all through his life. Wicked men, women and creatures are often up against him but he defeats them all, as a cowherd boy or as grown up hero loved by his peers and others. Krishna's parents, Vasudeva and Devaki, were kept in prison right after their marriage, by Devaki's cousin brother Kamsa. Their seven children born in prison were slain by Kamsa to falsify the prophecy of his death by one of them. Krishna was the eighth. Vasudeva carried newborn Krishna secretly to the cowherd community Gokula. Krishna grew up there as son of Nanda and Yashoda and brother of Balarama. Kamsa sent Putana, the poison-milk demoness to do away with Krishna. She herself met her end. Krishna the cowherd boy played pranks with the neighbours, played the flute, tamed bulls, killed a poisonous snake in the pool where cattle drank water, led the cowherds to worship the mountain that supported their cattle. Kamsa pursues Krishna all this while. Finally, he gets Krishna and Balarama to his capital Mathura for wrestling matches. Krishna succeeds in winning them. He puts Kamsa to death and brings Kamsa's father back to the throne.

Every ruler needs a friend like Birbal - faithful, intelligent and blessed with a wonderful sense of humor. Birbal dealt with every tricky situation, every palace intrigue and every demand of his petulant queen with characteristic aplomb. His gentle tact gave him a unique advantage, he became the all-powerful Akbar's alter ego. With wisdom to match his wit, he soon had both friend and foe under his spell

Vikram and Vetal, in the Amruta Comics series, is based on an ancient collection of stories called Betaal Pachisi, twenty-five tales of Betaal. The tales are set in a framework story of a king carrying a vetal or betaal (corpse animated by a ghost) to a mendicant who is waiting for him in a cremation ground. Each story ends in a riddle or a perplexing question that the king feels compelled to answer. Once he has spoken the vetal flies back to the tree from which Vikramadita has pulled him down.Betaal Pachisi is a work in Sanskrit compiled in the 11th century by Somadeva who in turn got the material from earlier work whose authorship is not clear. Vikram and Vetal contains four stories from this collection in COMICS format.The stories have been illustrated by Ram Waeerkar, one of the pioneers of comics art in India.

Was Tenali Raman a fool or the cleverest man at the court of Krishnadeva Raya? After all, he humbled great kings as well as learned scholars. Wiggling out of every predicament in unique and unexpected ways, this poet-jester reminds us of Birbal at the court of Akbar. Read his tales and laugh with joy even as his plain common sense leaves you gasping.

Dutiful son, doting father, capable general, wise ruler, Bimbisara had earned the right to grow old in peace but his son had other plans for him. Through his darkest hours Bimbisara was sustained by the gentle teachings of his royal-born friend Gautama Buddha, who had renounced his own kingdom. Bimbisara, on the other hand, spent a lifetime building his kingdom of Magadha around present-day Bihar. We get a glimpse of the life and times of this great king, who lived nearly 2500 years ago, in the Buddhist and Jain literature of the period.