Dungeon Tales
- Publisher : Scholastic India
- Publishing year : January 2007
- Binding : Paperback
- ISBN : 9788176558068
- Imprint : Scholastic
- Age Group : Young Reader
- Language : English
The prophecy said that when the badmaash Badshah's dungeon was empty for a day, then the Badshah's unjust rule would end ...
The prophecy said that when the badmaash Badshah's dungeon was empty for a day, then the Badshah's unjust rule would end and so Badshah takes care to ensure that his dungeons are always full. One day, a young prisoner proposes that since no one can rest because of the wails and howls coming from the dungeon, the Badshah spend the sleepless nights listening to the stories of the dungeon's inhabitants.
Venita Coelho is a screenwriter, novelist and artist with ten published books to her credit. She has won The Hindu Goodreads Award for Best Fiction for children twice, in 2016 for Dead as a Dodo and in 2019 for Boy No. 32. Her collection of feminist ghost stories, The Washer of the Dead, was longlisted for the Frank O’Connor award.
She lives in Goa where she runs an alternative school called The Path Shaala. She is working towards her second exhibition of paintings.
