One must remember fondly at times the tales told during childhood by one’s grandma. Mostly, these relate to the cultural epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, but at times, these could relate to other legends as well. The present book A Noble King of Bidanuru by novelist Basavaraj Naikar has some such touch about it. The comparison with the grandmother is not to denigrate it in any sense. In fact, the narrative style is that of a seasoned story-teller, who has a lot of respect for the personality that he is talking about.