A man once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statues of the same idol?” “No,” said the sculptor without looking up, “We need only one, but the first one [...]
Once upon a time there was a man named Omar who cared for goats belonging to other people. He was paid each month to take the villagers’ goats to the pasture close
to the village.
One day he decided that he wanted to go to the city to have lunch. He made a plan so he could [...]
Everything I need to know, I learned from Noah’s Ark…
ONE: Don’t miss the boat.
TWO: Remember that we are all in the same boat.
THREE: Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark.
FOUR: Stay fit. When you’re 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.
FIVE: Don’t listen to critics; just get [...]
Once upon a time a hyena and a fox were neighbors. The hyena and the fox owned many different animals (like humans own animals), but the fox had less than the hyena. The fox made the hyena love her, and after awhile the hyena asked the fox to marry him. She quickly said yes, and [...]
A long time ago two birds were neighbors. They built nests next to each other in the same tree. The nests were warm and safe for all their baby birds. However, an eagle found their nests.
The eagle would come and eat their baby chicks and eggs whenever they flew off to find food.
One bird thought, “How [...]
A fox and a wolf once lived in the same den, but the wolf was very cruel. They lived like this for some time that one day the fox said to the wolf – “If you continue to behave like this, you will suffer the consequences. But the wolf did not listen to his counsel [...]
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming [...]
By Sanjoy Majumder
BBC News, Phaphunda, India
It was a story buried in the middle of the Indian newspapers.
Two star-crossed lovers committed suicide after the local village council, or panchayat, ordered them to annul their marriage or face death.
Amreen was Muslim and her husband, Lokesh, a Hindu. Their match was simply unacceptable to their [...]