The present study encompasses selected works of Manoj Das and Ruskin Bond vis-à-vis the folktales of India serving as a powerful medium for promoting the richness of Indian history and culture. Thus, encouraging readers to engage with and focus on the age-old norms and heritage in the modern world. The select authors' short stories focus on the rural scenario, cultural traditions, people of those places and intimate human relationships among themselves which demonstrates as an expression of folk lifestyle. The simplicity of rustic life, themes of fantasy, appreciation of beauty in the ordinary and occult practices in specific Indian provinces is expressed in both Bond and Das's works. The present paper explores folk narrative style of India as presented in the writings of Das and highlights Bond's deep interconnections between local history and values. The paper also studies how these five short stories: The Crocodile's Lady, A Turtle from the Blue, One Who Lifted the Mountain, The Ganga Descends and Tales of Tunganath provide a medium expressing the traditional culture. Thus, this study, through a close reading of Manoj Das and Ruskin Bond's five short stories extricates the transformative idea of promoting and prioritizing folk literature in the field of Indian English writing.
Keywords: Indian Culture, Folktale, Rurality, Fantasy, History
How to cite this article: Mohanty P, Pattnaik M, Indian Folktale: A Discussion in the Works of Manoj Das and Ruskin Bond. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(2s): 799-803; DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.799-803