Stories

The family settled down for dinner at the restaurant. The waitress first took the order of the adults, then, turned to the seven year old. “What will you have?” she asked. The boy looked around the table timidly and said, “I would like to have a hot dog.” Before the

The great Zen master once invited a court official to tea. After the customary greetings the official said, “I do not wish to squander this opportunity of spending some time in the presence of so great a Master. Tell me, what does it mean when they say that inspite of

A man invited Nasrudin to go hunting with him, but mounted him on a horse which was too slow. The Mulla said nothing. Soon the hunt outpaced him and was out of sight. It began to rain heavily, and there was no shelter. All the members of the hunt got

Once upon a time a poor old woman was walking from one village to another carrying a bundle on her head. Unable to lift it easily, she rested every now and then. A horseman passed by. The old woman requested him to carry the bundle on the horseback till the

As a young boy, Andrew Carnegie came to America and started doing odd jobs. Later on, he became one of the largest steel manufacturers of the United States. At one time, he had 43 millionaires working for him. One day, someone asked him how he dealt with people. Andrew Carnegie

Once a Pundit received a calf in offering. His village was ten kilometres away from the place where he went to perform puja. The three thugs of this village saw the lovely calf and thought of a plot. As soon as the pundit left the village, the first thug met