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Priya Sanjay Tandon

Narcissus

Narcissus

Prologue: Greek Mythology tells of Narcissus, an exceedingly handsome boy born as the son of the River Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. He was scornful of both lads and lasses because he was greatly enamoured by his own beauty. It is said that Echo who was a mountain nymph loved

The Fence

The Fence

An old man had willed his land to be inherited equally by his two sons, after his death. The sons did not get along well so when the father passed away, they erected a fence right in the middle of the land to divide it. Some years passed, each one

Try It .... It Works !

There is a true story of a couple that had five daughters. The man died leaving behind his wife to bring up the daughters. The eldest was 8 years old and the youngest was only 6 months old. In India, the joint family system is still prevalent in many communities.

The Dart Game

The Dart Game

A group of students aged about 10 years was attending a class in moral education. The teacher was perturbed, because she had noticed that some of them were using offensive language and abusing each other. She explained to them that God resides in each one of us and if we

Living For God

In the great epic Ramayana, there is an incident whereby, during the war in Lanka, an arrow from the bow of Lakshmana hit a child being carried in his mother’s arms. The mother did not stay to care for her dead child but fled for her own safety. Lakshmana

He Sustains

Allah had endowed Prophet Sulaeman special powers over nature. He could understand and communicate with birds and animals. One day the Prophet was admiring the beauty of God’s manifestation into nature while sitting on a riverbank. He noticed an ant moving slowly with a grain of wheat in its

The Last Job (The Carpenter)

There was a carpenter, who had spent his life in working diligently, for his master. He was very skilled and efficient at his work. His master always praised him, for being a good worker. One day he decided, that he had worked long enough, so he should take retirement; when