![]() ![]() ![]() She would call out to the black birds and feed them with sweets. Whenever the little boy would misbehave, the queen told him that she would give away his favourite necklace to the crows. ![]() Nirbhay’s mother fondly addressed him as ‘ghughuti’. The story dates back to the reign of King Kalyan Chand in Kumaon who lived with his wife and son Nirbhay. The threads of these traditions lie in an age-old folklore that grandparents narrate to their grandchildren, and the story keeps on running through several generations of families in Uttarakhand, with additions, eliminations and modifications to the tale. ![]()
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