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Learning about the Other: The Cave of Echoes swims with own pair of fins

The book operates much like a magic mirror where the glass reflects, not the object, but the viewer's gaze on the object Arundhuti Dasgupta Listen to This Article The Cave of Echoes: Stories about Gods, Animals and Other Strangers Published by Speaking Tiger 225 pages ₹599 The impulse to tell a good story is universal and eternal. Nomadic hordes, early settlers, kings, and commoners — everyone has always loved a good yarn. Myths and folktales that survive to this day were the elixir the ancient world sipped. These stories that the ancients once told still burn bright, holding large crowds in thrall, churning up new ideas, and driving new discoveries about early human existence. How does one explain their timeless power? Several writers have written eloquently on the