Reading Time: 2 minutes We are only too familiar with the name of Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi, who was one of the leaders of the Indian Mutiny of…
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Gopal and Sripal were not only farmers but close relatives, too. Their fields were adjacent to each other. One day, while irrigating their fields, they…
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Once upon a time there was a scholar in a town, who was also an expert on many subjects. He was famous for his intelligence…
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a little town in England, there lived a baker called Harry Smith. He baked the most wonderful cakes, muffins and cookies in town. The…
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Fifty akse (an old Turkish gold coin) for this fine bird! Come, buy this unique bird for 50 akse!” a man called out at the…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tumpa and Ratnagiri were neighbouring kingdoms. They were always fighting with each other. But this battle promised to be different: it was to be a…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dhanush was an up and coming archer. His skill with the bow and arrows had fetched him many prizes at contests. These victories went to…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The mother sparrow looked at her littlest one a little dubiously. All the others in her brood had learnt to fly and had gone away…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Guru Ramdas had many disciples in his ashram. Prabhudas was one of them. He fluently quoted from the scriptures and was never tired of talking…
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Hodja Naseeruddin riding his donkey was a common and popular sight. Everyone was used to seeing the Hodja travel on a donkey from place to…
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Parrot’s prattle – Short Story Newly married Sushant and Seema, whose finances were quite tight, lived in a tiny one-room flat rented out by a…