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From shape-shifting birds to snake princes: How ‘Voices in the Wind’ maps Himalaya’s living folk tales
5 min readUpdated: May 3, 2026 10:49 AM IST The clever little white-eye bird that outwitted a crafty Manipuri tomcat is just one of the many unforgettable characters populating the folk tales of "Voices in the Wind." A clever little white-eye bird that outwitted a crafty tomcat, a Manipuri cat with yellow-green eyes. A little girl in Kumaon who transforms into a bird to escape her mother’s unjust beatings and whose plaintive cries protesting her innocence still reverberate across the hills. A beautiful waterfall in the Khasi Hills called the Leap of...