A wise woman was travelling in a country. On the way, she found a precious sapphire in a stream. Next day, she met another traveller who was very hungry. The wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveller saw the precious stone inside the tattered bag and asked the woman to […]
Once, a man sent his five sons in search of truth. After many years they returned. That time the man was going to die. He asked his sons, “Did you know what truth is?” His first son said, ‘Yes’ and started to recite the prayers of God. His second son started to give the example
King Nassreddin was conspicuously famous for his wit and eloquence. Once three wise man came to examine the intelligence of the king. The first wise man asked, “Where is the exact centre of the world?” The king replied, “Under my right foot.” “How can you prove?” asked the man. Then the king replied, “If you
Once, a lady invited three long-bearded men named Wealth, Love and Success, who were sitting in front of her house. Although she didn’t recognize them yet she said to come inside for a meal. Since her husband was not at home, so they denied to go inside. When her husband came, the woman invited them
Once an HR manager of a company interviewed a jobless boy who had applied for the position of office boy and asked him to clean the floor as a test. The manager hired him and asked his e-mail address. Just as he said that he didn’t have any computer or E-mail address, the manager threw
Once, a saint called his disciple with whom the saint was very enchanted. He took him to a dense forest. At a certain place, he stopped and said the disciple to dig the ground. After digging a few feet down, he found a casket. The saint said, “Inside this there is Parasmani stone that can
A lady in a gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, went to meet the president of Harward university. But they were ignominiously snapped by the secretary, who said, “A meeting of two hours is going on; you can’t disturb him during the meeting.” They both kept waiting for 2 hours.
Once, a dog named Scoofy lived with his friends in a small town. He ate whatever he wanted to eat and slept in the shade of an oak tree. Though he was enjoying his life in town yet he was not satisfied and always hoped to have something better than what he had. One night,
Once upon a time there was a very hard-working farmer. He had a field which gave a rich crop of grapes every year. He had three sons but none of them bothered to help their father in his work. They were very easy-going kind of people. So, the farmer was very worried about their future.
Once Mahatma Gandhi was wandering villages and cities to collect funds for Charkha Sangh. He was addressing a meeting in Orissa (now Odisha). During one of his tours, a doddering and ailing poor old woman in tattered clothing, proceeded to touch Gandhi’s feet on the stage. But she was forcely stopped by volunteers. But she
Once, a saint with his two disciples went to a village. The disciples asked the saint who would provide food in the village. Just then, a carpenter named, Kalo, came and invited them in his home. Kalo thought, ‘Let them take rest till he earns money for their food.’ Kalo went to a rich merchant’s
Once a great saint with his seven disciples visited a village. The denizens of that village gave a warm welcome with profound respect and the villagers took great care of them. After a few days when the saint was departing he said, “I wish your village would destroy soon and all villagers would be separated.”
Once there broke a war between the birds and the beasts. Many battles were fought one after the other. Sometimes the birds got the upper hand; the next time the beasts were successful. The bats played a very treacherous role in this war. They sided with the side which got the better of the other.
There lived a good engineer who was so proud of his work. Once he went to a village for some work, passing many villages and fields. On his way he saw a creeper of pumpkin carried with many pumpkins. After going ahead he saw a big banyan tree, on which many small fruits were there.
Once, two cockroaches, which were young and ful l of energy, lived in a house and played with each other. Both were energetic and strong but there was a difference between them. One cockroach was optimistic and always lived in hope, while the other was pessimistic and lived in despair. One day, they fell into