TENALI RAMA’S CAT
Pic.: Vincent D'Souza Y ears ago, when I had decided to do something about my poor English, one of the things I did – and found it very useful – was telling a nice story in two tenses… Past and Present. Over the years, I have helped hundreds of people who were earnest to improve their English with the same method… Yes, write a nice story down in both the tenses… and tell it to someone. I, often, recount this Tenali tale to some of my students… to remind them, that, the cats, which are over-fed with milk, are least interested in catching the mice! TENALI RAMA’S CAT PAST: O nce, the King of Vijayanagara, Krishnadeva Raya, began to receive many complaints from the poor farmers in his kingdom. The mice were destroying their crop and they wanted their King to do something about it. After consulting his advisors, the King imported hundreds of cats from Persia to end the mice menace. He also arranged for plenty of cows...