Indian Mythology as Fiction to Attract Young Readers

Exploring the Intersection of Mythology and Fiction for Young Indian Readers

Abstract

In the past Malgudi Days, Ruskin Bond's accounts or Amar Chitra Katha series were considered as fundamental in the advancement of youthful grown-up and youngsters' writing in India. That was, nonetheless, way, thinking back to the 1970s and 1980s. We have seen the development of a huge assortment of 'new writing' as chicklit, realistic books, investigator fiction, raw fiction, grounds fiction and the most recent participant is by all accounts 'Youthful Adult Fiction' or 'YA fiction' as it has come to be known. The youthful perusers are searching for new, clever stories where history, mythology as well as culturalpolicy centered issues are converged with the story. The 16-28 age includes a vital piece of perusers and whatever the story, it must have components and issues that allure for them. These are generally stacked with simple jargon, loads of nearby references and flavors. Accordingly, we have seen many first time writers followed by huge number of youthful grown-up perusers. Mythology and fables has been the actual underpinning of many societies and civic establishments. The legendary stories across societies are considered an encapsulation of convictions, qualities and methods of reasoning that serves the public interest of individuals. In the Western writing The Bible is the constituent of Christian qualities and methods of reasoning. Then again, in Indian Literature the Puranas-The Mahabharata and The Ramayana is embraced as the encapsulation of Hindu strict edicts.