Sahil Gupta

Once king asked Tenali to bring four fools. Tenali said, “OK”, and asked some time to find them. He saw a man carrying a gift packet. Tenali asked him, “to whom you are carrying this gift?” The man replied, “My wife has remarried. Now they have a child, so I am taking this gift for […]

One day, one man wanted to punish a man named Krishna. He accused him of stealing his necklace. The case was brought in the Judge’s court. The man said, “Your Honour, I have seen him stealing the necklace.” Krishna said, “I am innocent, Your Honour.” The man then said, “Let him prove his innocence. Let

A weaver was busy making a blanket outside his hut. A Jogi with long, matted hair came and stood to watch. “What can I do for you, Babaji?” asked the weaver. “I want to see how a blanket is made.” When weaver was not looking, the Jogi pulled out several tufts of his long hair

One day, Tenali happened to pass a harmless comment on Krishnadeva’s sense of humour. But Krishnadeva was no fool. He got very angry and ordered him leave not only the court, but also his capital. Tenali was terribly hurt but could not do anything about it. So Tenali left. But the king could not do

One day, Krishnadeva stumbled on a  rock in his garden while taking a stroll. He was not in a good mood already, and then he had this fall. He got very angry and ordered for the gardener’s arrest and execution. The next day, at the time of execution, the gardener was asked what his last

A businessman had two sons. While he showered the younger son with affection and gifts, he neglected the elder son shamelessly. When the boys grew up, they were asked to manage the father’s business. From morning till late in the evening the elder son was trying to figure out how the business ran. While the

One day, when Krishnadeva saw Raman coming on foot, he promised him to give a horse. Accordingly, he instructed his stable man to give a horse to Raman. Now, it so happened that the stable man selected a very weak and sick horse from the stable and sent it to Raman’s house. The horse was

One day the king asked Tenali, “Tenali, is it possible to be both ‘noblest’ and ‘lowest’ together?” Tenali said, “Yes, Sir” “Then bring me such a person.” Tenali went and returned next day with a beggar. Presenting him to the king he said, “This is the lowest among all of your subjects, Sir.” Krishnadeva asked,

One day, it so happened that Tenali Raman displeased king Krishnadeva Raya, so the king asked one of his men to slay him and bring him his head. Tenali was very upset with this. He went to his wife and asked him how to save himself. His wife said, “It is a difficult situation but

One day, Tenali Raman was going back after having an audience with the king. His one coin fell down from his pocket. It was the only money he had at that time, so he started immediately looking for it. Rajguru, who was one of his bitter enemies at the court, said, “See, Your Majesty, how

One day, king Krishnadeva saw a woman hugging and kissing a very dark, ugly and unattractive child. He was very surprised to see that. He thought and thought but could not reasion it. He asked Tenali why she was doing that to such an unattractive child. Tenali replied innocently, “Your Highness, he must have been

One day, Tenali’s five-year old daughter accompanied him to the Royal Court. When Krishnadeva saw her, it just came to his mind that he should test her wits whether she had the same type of wits as her father had. He started talking to her, “Do you know Persian, O little girl?” “A little lesser

Once Tenali was invited to dinner by a rich man. When Tenali reached there, he found himself in a large crowd. The host greeted him warmly and took him inside. Tenali said, “I did not know that there would be so many guests in this gathering.” The host replied politely, “They are not guests, Sir.