Precious Stones
A man had been working all day and was tired. To reach home he had to cross a small river. There was no ferry available so he sat down on the sand to wait for one. The sun had set and the moon was playing hide and seek with the
Stories
The Brightest Star
“Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.”
The stars in the night sky have always mesmerized me by their twinkling light. In my childhood, on clear summer nights, I would lie in the garden and
The Last Dip (Bathing In The Ganga)
It is an ancient practice amongst the Hindus to take a holy bath in the River Ganga after getting a daughter married off or after completing one’s worldly responsibilities. It is said to be a symbolic purification of the physical self in the holy water to wash off the
In An Hour Of Need
A boy named Kamath was a genius but he didn’t have enough money to eat two square meals a day, let alone pay his school fees. He was an orphan who had been brought up in an orphanage that paid for his education upto Class X, but now there
Pure Food
There was a Brahmana who was always glad to feed any Sadhu who knocked at his door. His wife always cooked extra food, lest any passing monk come by their way. One day the wife was indisposed and a Sadhu knocked and asked for food.
The Brahamin did not want
Man Proposes – God Disposes
This is a story of three trees in a forest. They were young and had beautiful visions of a handsome future. The first tree prayed to be a treasure chest, so that it could be adorned with gold leaves and precious gems. It wanted to nestle in itself, jewels and
God’S Creation
Diva, was God gifted, she had a good hand at painting. It was her passion and she enjoyed wielding the brush effortlessly over her canvas. One day, she started working on a canvas, having nothing particular in mind. Ideas started flowing and within minutes she had made a skeleton sketch