One day, Akbar and Birbal were taking a stroll in the garden. Birbal was narrating a funny story and Akbar was enjoying it. All of a sudden Akbar found a piece of bamboo lying on the ground. He got an idea to tease Birbal. Showing the piece of bamboo to Birbal he aksed, “Can you […]
“Birbal, tell me, have most of the people eyes or they don’t ?” the Emperor asked.The Emperor thought that the world was full of people with eyes, because one could not hide anything from them. They see it and start asking questions about it. The people seemed to have eyes all over. But Birbal disagreed
The Emperor did not like staying in Surat. But, quite often he had to go there for administrative purposes. Now it was Birbal who had to provide the Emperor with some kind of recreation everyday to keep him in a jovial mood. One day, the Emperor asked Birbal to put on some act. Birbal listened
One day, Emperor Akbar came to the court and started attending to the routine court work. Just then, a messenger arrived with queen’s message that she wanted urgently to see the Emperor in her palace.When the Emperor was readying to depart, all the courtiers stood. Birbal too, but while doing so, he passed a furtive
One day, a slave named Daulat made a mistake and got Akbar angry. Emperor asked him to leave the court.Daulat went to Birbal’s house. Birbal listened to him and suggested, “Go back to court and ask the Emperor, “Daulat has come, should he stay or leave?”The Emperor was surprised to see the culprit back. Daulat
Once, Akbar and Birbal were sitting in the palace balcony watching the sunrise. The sunrays falling on the sparkling waters of the Yamuna river gave it a shimmering golden sheen. The Emperor used to watch this natural show everyday.Suddenly, their attention was diverted by some noise. They noticed a few thieves fleeing after looting some