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     Barat Byoli Bagair Vapas kilai Ayi? Why did Marriage Party come back without Bride?

    Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories for Managers,/executives, boss, supervisors or Stories for management from Garhwal part- 9   

                        Folk Tales Collected and edited by: Bhishma Kukreti


               This is a community story of the Kukreti family of Jaspur, Malla Dhangu, Pauri Garhwal.
                      Gudud Ji was the younger brother and Mani Ram Ji was the elder brother. Mani ram ji died in an earlier age and Mani Ram Ji took care to our forefather's family. By blood Mani Ram Ji is our forefather but we are called Gudud Ji kaunk or decedents of Gudud Ji because he fostered our forefather’s family. Mani Ram Ji was also a future teller.
             One day, Gudud Ji and Mani ram Ji were on a hill Plato for grazing cattle.  From a short distance, a marriage process of a groom passed away. The marriage party was going to the bride's village from the groom. The drum players were playing drums with entertaining tunes and so was the bagpiper player playing bagpiper. The marriage party guests were happy.
               Mani Ram Ji took a stem of Kunaj (an aromatic herb) and broke it. Mani ram Ji watched inside the stem and Mani ram Ji told his younger brother that the groom would come back without a bride.
              On the second day, around noon, both the brothers were at the same place. They saw that the same marriage party was coming back without the bride and without playing musical instruments.
              Gudud Ji asked the guests for their not to bring the bride. The guests of the marriage party informed Gudud Ji that the bride was pregnant before marriage.
  Gudud Ji asked his elder brother Mani Ram Ji,” Elder Brother! How did you come to know that the marriage party would come without the bride?”
         Mani ram Ji replied,” The future teller should have a solid base to tell the future. The Future teller should not tell the future without a solid base. I saw an insect inside Kunaj ku Kathuk l or I saw an insect inside the stem of Kunuj. Kunuj is an aromatic herb and very rarely insect is seen inside Kunuj stem. By that incident, I guessed that the bride would be pregnant and groom's marriage party would come back without a bride.”
 We should take care in telling the future that there should be a solid base for guessing the future.


 ** Late Mrs Kwanra Devi w/o of late Shri Shish Ram Kukreti of Jaspur, Pauri Garhwal narrated this story to the writer.
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                  References
1-Bhishma Kukreti, 1984, Garhwal Ki Lok Kathayen, Binsar Prakashan, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003
2- Bhishma Kukreti 2003, Salan Biten Garhwali Lok Kathayen, Rant Raibar, Dehradun
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         Bhima and Demon: A Garhwali Folktale for Manager

    Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories for Managers,/executives, boss, supervisors or Stories for management from Garhwal part- 10   

                        Folk Tales Collected and edited by: Bhishma Kukreti

               In Garhwal, the stories of Pandavas of Mahabharata are famous. There are tens of Mahabharata epic stories that took shape of folktales. Following Garhwali traditional story is related to Mahabharata epic.
                   When Pandavas (five brothers and their mother Kunti ) were sent to the forest for thirteen years they came to the valley of Bhilainagar and Bhagirathi Rivers.
             Roaming from one village to another village, Pandavas came to a village and found that the people of the village were in terrible conditions. The people were as good as dead. They did not have any enthusiasm in life.  Nobody was replying to any questions from Pandavas. Everybody suggested they to go away from the village.
              Pandavas watched that all members of the family are crying very loudly. Kunti asked the reason for their heavy crying to the woman of the said family.
           The old woman replied that a few months back, a demon captured the village and started killing them for his meal.  The villagers requested the demon that instead of killing all people in a lot he should eat them one by one. Now, every evening, the villagers send one young boy to the demon.  The boy had to enter a Chhan (cow shed) away from the village. The old woman informed that today, the turn is for her son to go to a demon for never return.
            Pandavas discussed the matter themselves. Kunti told to woman that today, her son Bhima would go to the demon.
         The woman did not agree for sending Bhima the son of Kunti in place of her son to the demon. Kunti assured the woman that Demon could not kill her brave son Bhima at any time. After much persuasion, the village woman became ready to send Bhima in place of her son as meal for Demon.
         Bhima asked villagers to carry high vessels with water, a big vessel with curd, and ten Supas (chaffing instrument or shaker) to the hut or Chhan. The villagers kept huge vessels full of water, a curd vessel, and ten Supas.     
          Now, villagers came to the village from the hut. Bhima was alone in the hut waiting for Demon. As soon as dark spread after some time of the evening, Demon came to the hut. He called, “Hey! Humans come out of the hut. Now, it is time for my meal. “
 Bhima laughed loudly in the hut. The laugh of Bhima was as cloud-busting. Demon called Bhima to come out of the hut as he was hungry. Bhima replied,” let me cut my nails.” After some time, Bhima threw ten Supas (chaffing instruments) out. The demon was shocked to see such big nails of human beings.
            The demon again called Bhima to come out of the hut. Bhima replied,” Let me cough first.” After some time Bhima threw curd out of the hut. Now, Demon started feeling fear. The demon was afraid that whose cough is so much the man must be heavy and powerful
          The demon called Bhima in low voice to come out of the hut. Bhima replied,” let me first urinate.” Now Bhima started throwing water out from the hut. It took hours for Bhima to throw water from big vessels.
              The Demon became afraid that the man who had such big nails, who coughs so much cough, who urinates so much big quantity that man must be stronger than him.  Due to fear, Demon started running from the hut. Bhima came out and killed the Demon easily who was under fear.
            Bhima was a wise person who made the demon fearful before the Demon could see Bhima.


** This story is told commonly in Jaspur, Malla Dhangu, Pauri Garhwal, India
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                  References
1-Bhishma Kukreti, 1984, Garhwal Ki Lok Kathayen, Binsar Prakashan, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003
2- Bhishma Kukreti 2003, Salan Biten Garhwali Lok Kathayen, Rant Raibar, Dehradun
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Pigeon Pea Plant (Gahath Ki Dali): A Garhwali Folktale for Managers


Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories for Managers,/executives, boss, supervisors or Stories for management from Garhwal part- 11   

                         Translation by: Bhishma Kukreti

                   There was a farmer in a village. He had a second wife because his first wife died early. The farmer had a five-year-old boy from his first wife. His present wife used to envy by that boy. His second wife gave an ultimatum to her husband that if he do not bury his son into plough line in the field (a gap or small canal happens due to plough) she would not live with him. As happened always, he was weak before his second wife. He agreed to bury his son in the field while plough.
      One day, the farmer was ploughing in an upper contour field and his son was playing on the lower field. The son saw pigeon pea plants. He started fencing those pigeon pea plants.  The farmer took plough to through on his son for killing the son. The farmer was ready to throw plough on his son. At the same time, his son called him,” Father! These pigeon pea plants are already grown up there. Don’t uproot them.  These are already grown plants and we don’t know whether new plants would come or not from sowing the pigeon pea seeds.”
 The farmer got shocked by precious words from his five-year-old boy.
He came home and told in straight words to his wife, “Listen, cruel woman!  I shall not obey you.  I will not kill my already grown boy. Nobody knows whether you would give birth to a child or not. For unseen future, I would never spoil my assured present.”

 **This folk story for Manager is taken from Garhwali Gadya Parampara by D.r Anil Dabral, page 165

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Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories for Managers,/executives, boss, supervisors or Stories for management from Garhwal to be continued…
                  References
1-Bhishma Kukreti, 1984, Garhwal Ki Lok Kathayen, Binsar Prakashan, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003
2- Bhishma Kukreti 2003, Salan Biten Garhwali Lok Kathayen, Rant Raibar, Dehradun
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      Buffalo Owner and Fire: A Folktale for Modern Managers

Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories for Managers,/executives, boss, supervisors or Stories for management from Garhwal part- 12   

                         Collected and Edited by: Bhishma Kukreti

             Samba was alone in her family. Her husband was working in the capital. She had a two-year-old son.  Samba had a big farm covered d by boundary. At this time, wheat plants were there on her farm.
  One day, in the January morning, Samba went to see her green big wheat plants on her farm. She was shocked that animals grazed her wheat plants at night. She could not believe it as no animal could cross the wall of boundary. Samba went to the village wise man.
               The wise man watched the grazed wheat and the ground. After watching the ground carefully, the wise man declared that there was buffalo that grazed the wheat plants.  Samba showed her apprehension that how come the buffalo would cross the high height wall.  The wise man told that the buffalo owner carried the buffalo by his hand to farm. It was shocking that a person carried the buffalo by hand and crossed the wall. It showed that the buffalo owner was a very strong man.
 The wise man told Samba a technique to catch the buffalo owner.
  Samba followed the instruction of a wise man.
 In the morning she and samba went to the farm and saw that Dakhu an outside village man was trying to carry buffalo from the farm. Dakhu was unable to carry buffalo.
  The village wise man told Dakhu,” Dakhu! Now, you are caught. Now, at least for two-three days, you can’t carry buffalo.”
         As per advice of wise man, Samba left a burning woodpile on the farm at night.  Dakhu carried his buffalo into the farm by crossing the high wall. When Dakhu saw a burning woodpile, he started warming him before the wood fire. By warming so much, Dakhu lost his energy, and when before morning, when wanted to carry the buffalo, he could not carry the buffalo.
Samba appreciated the wise man and said, Sir! You took indirect tact and method to catch the enemy.” The wise man told, “Every time, it is not necessary to use direct tracts to catch the enemy.”


** Shri ram Prasad Kukreti of Mal, Malla Dhangu narrated the folktale 
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1-Bhishma Kukreti, 1984, Garhwal Ki Lok Kathayen, Binsar Prakashan, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003
2- Bhishma Kukreti 2003, Salan Biten Garhwali Lok Kathayen, Rant Raibar, Dehradun
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       Sheep Kids (Chauni Chauna): a Garhwali Folk Story for Managers

Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories, Community Narratives for Effective Managers, Effective executives, Effective Boss, Effective Supervisors or Stories for Effective management from Garhwal part- 13   

                         Translated by: Bhishma Kukreti
                There was a pregnant woman.  There were ripe fig fruits on a fig tree.  As happened in pregnancy, she got the desire to eat ripe fig fruits. She climbed on that high fig tree. She plucked tens of fig fruits. She ate a few on the tree and collected a few fruits in her Dhoti Pallu.   
                       Suddenly, she slipped from the tree. Her belly busted. She died there and before her death, a sheep and male sheep kid came out of her uterus. Both the sheep kids went to their father. They informed her mother’s death. Their father brought them back home.
               After some time, their father married another woman. Their stepmother was not conducive to them. The stepmother was always jealous of the he Sheep kid. Stepmother told her husband that she had a great desire for a male Sheep kid Mutton. The man (father of sheep kids) told her new wife that he could not kill his own son. His new wife became furious and she threatened her that she would go her mother's place. Ultimately, the man killed his son the male sheep kid. Before, dying the male sheep kid told her sister that she should keep his bones under the water spring or water source and collect them back when she would marry. The female sheep kid obeyed her brother's wish. Female sheep kid collected bone of male sheep kid and buried underwater source.
                 When the female sheep was being married and her marriage procession was returning from her house, she went to a water source and dig the bones from there. She was surprised there was a huge pile of ornaments. She put on those ornaments and went to her mother in law house with her husband.

** Story taken from Garhwali Gadya Ki Parmapra by Dr. Anil Dabral. Page 163-64

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1-Bhishma Kukreti, 1984, Garhwal Ki Lok Kathayen, Binsar Prakashan, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003
2- Bhishma Kukreti 2003, Salan Biten Garhwali Lok Kathayen, Rant Raibar, Dehradun
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 Fishes on the Plough Line (Hal Syun par Mach): A Folktale for Young Managers
Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories, Community Narratives for Effective Managers, Effective executives, Effective Boss, Effective Supervisors or Stories for Effective management from Garhwal part- 14   

                         Translated by: Bhishma Kukreti

          There was a married woman. She was very cunning and wise as well. She had many male friends.  One day, her husband was plowing a field. The woman was breaking mud piles with wooden equipment. His male friends came and they threw fishes on the line of plough. The fishes were palpitating on the soil.
   Her husband said to her that she should take fish emerging from plough line. She collected fish. He husband told her to go home and prepare fish curry. She came to the home and cooked fish. Her male friends also came home following her. They all ate the fish.
 When her husband came to home he asked for fish curry from her wife.  The wife asked,” What do you mean by fish?”
The husband told that he was talking about those fish found on plough line.
The woman came out of room and called loudly to the villagers,” O Villagers my husband is telling that fish emerged from plough line of filed. Brand his head by a hot red iron rod.”
  Villagers branded the head of the man with a red iron rod.


** Story taken from Garhwali Gadya Ki Parmapra by Dr. Anil Dabral. Page 164

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1-Bhishma Kukreti, 1984, Garhwal Ki Lok Kathayen, Binsar Prakashan, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003
2- Bhishma Kukreti 2003, Salan Biten Garhwali Lok Kathayen, Rant Raibar, Dehradun
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 Death God and Old Woman (Kala ar Budadi): A Garhwali Folktale for Effective Managers

Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories, Community Narratives for Effective Managers, Effective executives, Effective Boss, Effective Supervisors or Stories for Effective management from Garhwal part- 15   

                         Translated by: Bhishma Kukreti

           There was an old woman. She was quite old. She used to call,” O Death God! Take me from here.”
 One day, his son decided to test her desire. On a dark night, when she was in deep sleep, her son put a blanket on him including his face. Her son shook her. She woke up and asked,” Who are you?”
             Her son said in a different tone,” I am death God. You used to call me to take you and now, came to take you.”
         Folding her both hands, the old woman told,” O death God! Don’t take it with me. Go to another room where my son and his wife are sleeping. Take them with you.”
            That is why it is told that we love our life the most.


        Story is taken from Garhwali Gadya Ki Parmapra by Dr. Anil Dabral. Page 164

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Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories for Managers,/executives, boss, supervisors or Stories for management from Garhwal to be continued…
                  References
1-Bhishma Kukreti, 1984, Garhwal Ki Lok Kathayen, Binsar Prakashan, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003
2- Bhishma Kukreti 2003, Salan Biten Garhwali Lok Kathayen, Rant Raibar, Dehradun
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Grandson from Son and Grandson from Daughter (Apar Nati-Paraya Nati): A Garhwali Folktale for Modern Mangers

Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories, Community Narratives for Effective Managers, Effective executives, Effective Boss, Effective Supervisors or Stories for Effective management from Garhwal part- 16   

                         Translated by: Bhishma Kukreti
              An old woman was visiting on the road. She had two grandsons with her each son and daughter. She was carrying the grandson from her daughter on her soldier. The grandson from the son was walking with her.
        Suddenly, a dog came on her way.  The dog started barking at her. The grandson from the daughter sitting on her soldier told to dog,” O Dear Dog! Bite my grandmother (Nani).
            The grandson of her son who was walking took a stone and threw it on the dog and told,” O Dog! Go away from my grandmother.”
           The woman became angry with her grandson from her daughter and let him down from her solder to walk. She put her grandson from son on her soldier.

       ** Garhwali Traditional Story taken from Garhwali Gadya Ki Parmapra by Dr. Anil Dabral. Page 164

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Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories for Managers,/executives, boss, supervisors or Stories for management from Garhwal to be continued…
                  References
1-Bhishma Kukreti, 1984, Garhwal Ki Lok Kathayen, Binsar Prakashan, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003
2- Bhishma Kukreti 2003, Salan Biten Garhwali Lok Kathayen, Rant Raibar, Dehradun
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 A Thief on the Mezzanine (Mathi Baithyun Chor): A Garhwali Folktale for Asian Managers 

Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories, Community Narratives for Effective Managers, Effective executives, Effective Boss, Effective Supervisors or Stories for Effective management from Garhwal part- 17   

                         Translated by: Bhishma Kukreti

               There was an old woman living alone in her house in a village. One night, the old woman cooked sweet rice-milk pudding (Kheer) in the kitchen. She took Kheer and put the balance Kheer pot nearby the earthen oven (that was still hot by hot ash) and went to sleep on her cot in the kitchen after closing the door. There was the mezzanine floor in the kitchen too. The old woman slept soundly.
            On the same night, thieves came, adjusted the door, and entered her room cum kitchen.
  Those thieves took Kheer. Kheer was still hot. Suddenly, from the cot, the old woman’s hand came out of her blanket. The thieves thought that the old woman was asking for Kheer. One thief put hot Kheer on her palm. Due to hotness, the old woman woke up and started calling loudly,” There are Thieves! ”
Thieves hid here and there under something in the same room. One thief hid in a cereal vessel on the narrow mezzanine floor.
      Villagers came to rescue her. They searched but could not find the thieves. The villagers thought that the woman had gone into illusion. They went on to say that there is no thief.
 The old woman told,” He who is above (God) would definitely know the truth. The thief hiding on the mezzanine floor thought that the woman was saying that she was saying the man hiding above (in the mezzanine) ate the Kheer. The ego of the thief was hurt very badly and he shouted,” Why do you blame only me? Those who are hiding down also took Kheer. They would also know the truth.”
 

** Garhwali Traditional Story taken from Garhwali Gadya Ki Parmapra by Dr. Anil Dabral. Page 164

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Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories for Managers,/executives, boss, supervisors or Stories for management from Garhwal to be continued…
                  References
1-Bhishma Kukreti, 1984, Garhwal Ki Lok Kathayen, Binsar Prakashan, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003
2- Bhishma Kukreti 2003, Salan Biten Garhwali Lok Kathayen, Rant Raibar, Dehradun
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Churkhandarya Lata (Story of Foolish People): A Himalayan Folktale for Mangers

Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories, Community Narratives for Effective Managers, Effective executives, Effective Boss, Effective Supervisors or Stories for Effective management from Garhwal part- 18   

                         Translated by: Bhishma Kukreti

                       This is the story of Churkhand village. Once, there were foolish villagers in the said village. One day, a person died in the village. The foolish villagers took the dead body for cremation. The cremation land was at the river bank.  There was a thin forest in between the village and cremation land. The villagers were taking the dead body on the cot. They saw ripe Yellow Himalayan raspberry (Hisar, Hisalu).  They put the dead body aside on the road and started plucking yellow Himalayan raspberry. In the meantime, dissatisfied souls (Bhut) came and took the dead body with them. After taking yellow Himalayan raspberry the villagers came and found that the dead body was not there.
          The villagers discussed the matter with them and came to the conclusion that the dead body went to the village for complaining that they (who were taking dead bodies) were busy in eating yellow Himalayan raspberries.
They came to the village. The villagers who were to take the dead body to Riverbank told to remained village people that the dead body has come to home for complaining. The other villagers were depressed as they knew the dead body never returns home.


** Garhwali Traditional Story taken from Garhwali Gadya Ki Parmapra by Dr. Anil Dabral. Page 167

Copyright @ Bhishma Kukreti 11/12/2013 for review and interpretation
Garhwali Folktales, Fables, Traditional stories for Managers,/executives, boss, supervisors or Stories for management from Garhwal to be continued…
                  References
1-Bhishma Kukreti, 1984, Garhwal Ki Lok Kathayen, Binsar Prakashan, Lodhi Colony, Delhi 110003
2- Bhishma Kukreti 2003, Salan Biten Garhwali Lok Kathayen, Rant Raibar, Dehradun
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