Gunjan Sarma is a young girl from a small town in Assam. She had put herself in danger to save the lives of ten other children. In December, 2013, Gunjan along with the other children were returning home in the school van. Suddenly, a gunman hijacked the van along with the children in it, at […]
She loves to surf. She is a fighter and survivor. She was only 13 when she lost her left arm in a shark-attack. But she never looked back. She continued to surf, overcoming her serious injury. In October 2003, she went surfing with her friend Alana Blanchard, and her family. It was morning. She lay
Tilly Smith is a courageous girl. She loves to help others. She is also interested in studies. Her favourite subject is geography. Her geography lessons helped her save about 100 tourists at the Mai Khao beach at Phuket, Thailand, hit by tsunami. At the time, Tilly was only 10 years old. In 2004, she had
Lord Shiva said, “Vikram! You are part of me. I created you to destroy the enemy forces and to maintain peace on the earth. I am happy to say that you performed your duties successfully. But your job is not yet over. You still have many more battles to conquer. And for this, I am
Baital’s overwhelming speech made King Vikramaditya very happy. He said to Baital, “I have everything that a man could ask for by God’s grace. But I will gladly accept a boon from you. Please grant me the wish that the twenty-five stories told by with the queries raised and their answers given by me become
Baital again spoke, “Vikram! I apologize for putting you through so much. Had there been someone else in your place, he would have given up and gone home. But you never gave up. I hassled you with so many different and difficult questions but you answered each of them. You also gave a justification for
Finally, after many difficulties, King Vikramaditya and Baital were happy. Baital was especially happy as his hermit brother had been killed. He was an evil person and had plans to sacrifice King Vikramaditya. He wanted to occupy his throne. With his death all his evil plans were laid to rest. Now there was nothing to
The hermit fell in his own trap. As he bent his head down, King Vikramaditya, drawing his sword, struck him upon the neck. His head rolled from his body and fell upon the ground. The hermit was dead. Suddenly, King Vikramaditya heard someone laughing. It was none other than Baital who was standing at a
The hermit, seeing Baital lying at his feet, became ecstatic. He said, “King Vikramaditya, you have done a splendid work. I bless you with a long rule.” Then the hermit chopped Baital’s body into pieces. He threw the pieces into the sacrificial fire. After that, he turned to King Vikramaditya and said, “Vikram, now you
Baital was very happy and said, “You are right, Vikram. The King also gave the same judgement.” King Vikramaditya knowing Baital’s nature, held onto him tightly but Baital laughed and said, “Do not be distressed, Vikram! I am not going to leave you now.” As King Vikramaditya was about to reach the crematory, where the
But Ratan’s problem was not over. There was a big problem waiting for him. Madan’s widow demanded half of Ratan’s property. As Madan had no partnership with Ratan, he refused to give any part of it. So, Madan’s widow appealed in the King’s court. The King heard the case and gave his judgement.” Here Baital
Both decided that the only way to help her was to get her married. They told the widow about this. The widow gave her consent. But both Madan and Ratan were interested in marrying her. So, Madan told Ratan to marry her and Ratan told Madan to marry her. Finally, they decided to play a
While they were busy counting their money, they were disturbed by the sudden wailing of a woman. She was crying for help. She came to them. They asked her, “What is the matter? Why are you weeping?” The woman replied, “I am very sad. A few days back, I and my husband were passing through
King Vikramaditya was happy when Baital promised not to fly away any more. As he walked silently, Baital said to him, “Vikram, we are near the hermit’s place but there is still time for you to listen to my story. It may be the last one.” King Vikramaditya said, “So this will be your twenty-fifth
Soon, both set out for their journey. Haldhar kept the bag of gold coins with him. But shockingly, when they reached the forest, Haldhar killed Lajwanti. Then, he took all the ornaments and ran away. He never looked back.” Baital, having finished the story, asked King Vikramaditya, “Who was accountable for Lajwanti’s murder? If you