The Power of Silence
These learnings, I have gathered over the years. They are life lessons that perhaps no book can teach. Emotions run high in Indian homes. It is impossible to please everyone.
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The Importance of ancestral blessings
Shraadh is what you do with shraddha (devotion). Why should devotion manifest only after parents die?
God Heard You
A Brahmin was delivering a discourse on the importance of reciting prayers in the praise of the Lord. A large number of people were listening. The Brahmin laid stress on the importance of praying, singing and reciting bhajans, talking politely etc.
A young man, called Gopa, got up and said
A Shepherd’S Prayer
A young shepherd boy called Sabal grazed his flock of sheep atop the green mountains. Each day he would search for the patch where the grass was the greenest. Sabal would spend a lot of time grooming his sheep. He would comb their wooly hair and remove the lice from
You Are Where Your Mind Is
Shivangi was a God loving young girl. Unlike most of her peers she would spend a lot of time in prayer and devotional singing. Her parents married her to a boy from a very good family. Much to her dismay, Shivangi learned soon after her wedding that her husband Abhay
Akbar & Birbal
Who hasn’t heard of the wit and wisdom of Birbal, the minister and companion of the famous Emperor Akbar! Perhaps the name of Akbar is seldom taken without that of Birbal. On many an occasion had Akbar’s pride been humbled by ‘Birbal the Wise’.
Well, the story goes
The Slaves Prayer
Rabia was one of the great saints of Islam. The little girl Rabia was kidnapped and sold as a slave for a paltry sum of six dirhams. She was constantly ill-treated by her master who was cruel to her beyond words. She had to toil and labour the whole day