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Respect The Law

It was 1923. Gandhiji was serving his sentence in the Yervada jail. In those days, visitors were allowed to see the inmates only at an appointed time in the evening. One day, Kasturba came to meet Gandhiji. According to the rules of the jail, the inmates were allowed to speak

On A Cold Day In The Hills

On A Cold Day In The Hills

The sunlight was glistening through the rain drops on the leaves of the few trees on the hill side. An old man lay in his tiny little hut on a mountain side. It had been raining all night and the broken slates in the roof could not contain the rain

Akshayam!

In the Maha Bharat, when Duryodhana sought to disrobe Draupadi, the consort of Pandavas, she prayed to Lord Krishna in various ways. Although Krishna heard her prayers, he could not respond immediately to her calls for help. The reason is the stem law of Nature. This universal law operates always

Happy Lohri!

THE STORY BEHIND THE FESTIVAL: SUNDAR MUNDARIYE. HO! A story in the lighter vein! There is a large tract of semi-arid terrain lying between the rivers Chenab and Ravi called the Saandal Bar. (It now falls in the districts of Sheikhupura and Faislabad.) The people of this area were known

The Best Kind Of Devotee

The Best Kind Of Devotee

Time and again we came across stories in our scriptures telling us about who a good devotee is. This is one we just loved. Krishna was asked by a man, “What kind of devotee is the best kind?” Sitting by a riverside, Krishna asked the man to fetch a pebble

The Real Santa Claus

Christmas was round the corner. But instead of being excited, I was disturbed when my classmates tried to convince me this morning that Santa Claus was not real after all. I felt my little world crumbling before me. How could there be Christmas without Santa? As my Dad drove me

A Teacher’s Magic

A Teacher’s Magic

All 34 of my students in my first third grade class were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million. Very neat in appearance, but had that happy-to-be-alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful. Mark talked incessantly. What impressed me so much, though, was his