Baddbaddpur is a small village. And like in small villages all over the world, no event remains a secret for long here either. But that's not all: a piece of news gets a little exaggerated here and embellished there until it spreads as an incredible rumor. The outrageous rumor that develops from the harmless mishap of the grumpy Pandurang from Baddbaddpur swallowing a feather not only makes everyone in the village laugh, but also all the young readers of this imaginative and vividly illustrated story from India.