Akbar & Birbal

part 1 · medium

Akbar drew a line on the floor and challenged his court: ‘Shorten this line — without touching it.’ Birbal stepped forward. What did he do?

part 2 · medium

Akbar asked Birbal: find me one man who is the happiest and the saddest at once. Whom did Birbal bring?

part 3 · medium

Akbar asked Birbal: how many crows are in the kingdom? Birbal answered without a single tally. How?

part 4 · medium

Which dish, so unassuming, was served on the day of Akbar’s coronation?

part 5 · hard

A poor man stood neck-deep in a freezing river all night for a king’s reward, and was denied it because ‘no one can survive the cold without a fire’. How did Birbal prove the king wrong?