Manochi an Italian traveler who visited India during Shahjahan & Aurangzeb’s period writes in his travelogue about Indian women; " They only knew eating Paan & making and telling stories’.
Women of sub-continent are still quite capable of making and telling stories. Children in every period are fond of stories. In our childhood, our Dadi used to tell us stories about her childhood, stories about Prophets and saints, before we go to sleep.
i've two ladies [92 and 101 years old] in my extended family whose mental faculty works better than most young folks...they are masters of storytelling. my great grand aunt is 101 and she still does shairi...writes her own poetry in Urdu :) excellent, isn't it?
I never heard any story from my grandparents:(, my daadi used to very busy person, was an RSS activists but we had very good time in patiala where my naana taught us shooting with rifle, my naani is excellent with pistol even to this day:)
One of neighbour told me a story about 'How to boil a alive frog in hot water (temprature 100c). I really liked that story which is actually based on reality.
Main nay aapni daadi aman say kahanyaan suneen thi jin main “Qisaa Chahar Darvesh” , Alif Laila waghaira shamil theen and you must be astonished that when i read Alif Laila all of the stores were the same which i heard from my dadi aman She had great memory :k:
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She had great memory :k:
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