The invention of one of the world’s most popular apparel, the
shoe, is widely unknown. The polymath Rabindranath Tagore
imagines the invention of the shoe by humorously telling
the story of a petulant king. King Habu wakes up one day to
realise that his royal feet are always too soiled by the dust of
the earth. So he beckons his trusted Minister Gabu over and
demands him to find a solution to this problem. This initiates a
long search for a solution that turns the peace of the kingdom
upside and causes an uproar. How will the king’s demand
be satisfied?
