Teacher-Teacher One little boy poses as a teacher, while playing Teacher-Teacher. The boy asks the other children, “What is 2017’s lucky color, lucky number and lucky thing?” The others gave various answers, which the first boy said were not right. The other kids told the first boy to say. The ...
Read More »Conversation Between a Grandmother and her Grandson
A grandmother used to tell stories to her grandson. But, one day she asked him to tell the story. He began, “Ek jungle mein ek sher tha. Uske paas ek bullock cart tha!” Another boy asked, “How can that be? How can a tiger have a bullock cart?” The first ...
Read More »A Query to Mom (Part II)
One day, the crocodile finds some black fruits on the bank of the canal. It finds the fruit tasty. While it was eating the first one, another fruit falls nearby. When the crocodile looks up, it sees a monkey and the tree is filled with blackberries. The crocodile asks the ...
Read More »A Query to Mom
There is a proverb in Hindi – Jab gidad ki maut aati hai toh woh sheher ki taraf daudta hai. I asked my Mom, “Why do people say this proverb?” Actually, one interpretation is that people living in cities are worse than animals. Secondly, there is a proverb in Sanskrit ...
Read More »A Phone Call (Part IV)
The monkey moved on further. He saw a man trying to play a large drum. The monkey told him to stick the dosas on either side and then play it. The man said that he did not have dosas. The monkey gave his. When he played the drum with the ...
Read More »A Phone Call (Part III)
While he was going forward with the mango, he saw a girl crying. When he asked her mother, why she was crying, she replied that she wanted to eat a mango and she did not find any mangoes nearby. The monkey gave the mango to the girl. The girl ate ...
Read More »A Phone Call (Part II)
I told that I would tell the story today. But, I can only tell one part of it because I am preoccupied with some things. I will continue tomorrow. The Story: There were 2 temples close together in a village. One was dedicated to Lord Shiva and the other dedicated to ...
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