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Nobody Is Perfect

Nobody Is Perfect

A young man Sreeman wanted to marry the most beautiful and accomplished girl in the world. His parents introduced him to many girls over the years, but he always found some fault in each. “She is too short!” “Her eyes are very narrow.” “She laughs too loud.” “She doesn’t

The Four Doctors

The Four Doctors

There was a Hakim who was very wise. All the people of his village came to him whenever they were ill. He seemed to know about every herb and its uses. He was always able to find simple home remedies for all kinds of illnesses. He was for all practical

The Time Machine

A professor of history and had just finished teaching about the Freedom Struggle of India. She said to the students, “Now that we have covered most of our History syllabus, you would be thinking about how things could have been different if certain people had behaved differently or if certain

Ananda

Ananda

Ananda was the cousin of the great Buddha. When Buddha attained enlightenment, Ananda decided to spend all his time with Him. Before taking initiation, he wanted to make sure that Buddha would not treat him at par with the other disciples and that he would retain his special status as

The Mud Pots

The Mud Pots

A counselor was taking a class of students at the threshold of graduation. She was trying to impress upon them, the importance of availing of opportunity when it comes knocking. One of the students said, “Ma’am, in life all of us do not get the same opportunities. Some are

Wheat Grains

Wheat Grains

Dewan had stored a large number of wheat bags in his house. One day he found that ten bags were missing. He accused his neighbor Karanbir of theft. The matter was reported to the police and Karanbir was arrested and put in police lock up. A few days later the

The Opium Eater

The Opium Eater

This is an ancient story of a person who was addicted to eating opium. All day long he was drowsy and lazy because of this habit. A saint visited his village and saw him in that state of drowsiness and sloth. As the other people of the village came to