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Priya Sanjay Tandon

A Grassy Talk

The rains were long long overdue. With each passing day, the heat was becoming more and more unbearable. The ground was beginning to crack as the crops dried up and the grasses turned a dying yellow. A little bird sat on the grass, hungry and thirsty. She pecked at the

Becoming A Good Boss

The Boss was retiring. Everyone had tears in their eyes on the day of his farewell. One of the employees said, “Sir, there is one thing we want to learn from you. You worked here for so many years. Leave aside about scolding your subordinates, we have never seen you

Pebbles And The "Ping!" Sound

A young man wanted to cross a river. It was not yet morning, it was pitch dark. So he thought he would sit and wait for sunrise. As he was walking he tripped over something. He picked it up and saw that it was a bag with some stones in

Go Out And Win Your Own Kingdom

King Philip of Macedonia was very fond of horses. Macedonia was a state in ancient Greece. King Philip had a son called Alexander who was then 14 years old. One day a horse trader from Turkey brought some very fine horses to sell to Philip. There was amongst them a

Anecdotes From The Life Leena Sarabhai

Leena Sarabhai is the sister of Vikram Sarabhai and no less an illustrious person herself, co-founder (along with Madame Maria Montessori herself) of the finest school for children of the age group 2.5 to 5.5 years. It was called Shreyas. Madame Maria Montessori stayed here for a year.

Necessity Becomes A Ritual

Swamiji had a pet cat, which licked food off all the plates and bowls at dinner-time. So the swami told one of his disciples to tie the cat to a tree nearby till dinner was over, so that the cat would not mess with them. A few years passed. The

How To Do It?

A man began to give large doses of cod-liver oil to his dog because he had been told that the stuff was good for dogs. Each day he would hold the head of the protesting dog between his knees, force its jaws open and pour the liquid down its throat.