His courtiers’ jealousy of Birbal had become so routine that Akbar invariably chose to ignore their grumbling and complaints. One day, when word reached him about a smarmy courtier’s attempt to make a ...

Having read folktales from all over the world, let’s see what India has to offer. Some of the most popular ones are about the antics of Birbal, an advisor in the court of the Mughal emperor, Akbar.

MUMBAI: Veteran actor Satinder Kumar Khosla, best known by his stage name Birbal, died on Tuesday evening due to cardiac arrest at a hospital here, his daughter Shalini said. He was 84. Birbal is ...