nagdo betal

My Early Impressions As a child, the name betāla(बेताळ) conjured up one very specific image: the ghostly figure perched on King Vikramaditya’s back from the show Vikram and betāla. Pale, eerie, and whispering riddles, he was the stuff of bedtime chills and blanket-clutching nights. betāla also regularly appeared in the stories and conversations I heard … Read more