What shape is an elephant? Is it round or crooked, is it soft or is it coarse? These are questions that go much deeper than they appear. With this story, Katha introduces Rumi, the great Persian poet and philosopher, for the first time to young readers in India. Rumi's original Persian version of the story of the elephant in a dark house seeks to explain why people have differing notions about Life and indeed about God. We try to understand Life as people try to ...
