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Priya Sanjay Tandon

The Shirt Of A Happy Man!

A caliph lay deathly ill on his silk cushions. The hakims, the physicians of his country, stood around him and agreed that only one thing could bring the caliph healing and salvation: placing under his head the shirt of a happy man. Messengers swarmed out looking in every city, every

Too Big To Miss!

There was a giant who was bullying and harassing the children in the village. One day, a shepherd boy came to visit his brothers and asked, “Why don’t you stand up and fight the giant?” The brothers were terrified and they replied, “Don’t you see he is too

Appointment With Yama!

There once lived a very wealthy trader, Alladin, in a village two hours away from Istanbul. Alladin had many servants. He was kind-hearted, treated them nicely and was loved and respected by them. One morning, he sent one of his servants, Mustafa to the market to buy a few important

You Always Find Something That Reflects You!

The Sunday – school teacher asked her class to learn an appropriate phrase from the Bible and recite it as they were putting their pennies in the collection box. On the following Sunday little Lucas came up with, “It is more blessed to give than to receive,” as he dropped his

The Eco-Friendly Toothbrush!

One day in Yervada Jail, Gandhi noticed that one of his associates in the Ashram, Kaka Kalekar, was in the habit of breaking off whole branches of the neem tree even if he needed only four or five leaves. Gandhi said to him, “This is himsa. Others might not be

Perhaps There Is A Road Up There!

Some small boys planned to steal the Mulla’s slippers and run away with them. They called him and pointed to a tree, “Nobody could climb that tree.” “Any one of you could” said Nasrudin, “and I shall show you.” Removing his slippers he tucked them into his belt and

I Will Reply To You Tomorrow!

There is a story about the sufi fakir – Junaid. If someone cursed him or called his name, he would say, “Tomorrow I’ll come and reply.” The next day he would go and say, “Now no reply is needed.” If the person would ask, “Yesterday I called your name why