With Christmas coming, grandma was out shopping for gifts for her grandchildren.  While she was at the toy store going through her list she noticed a small homeless girl outside wistfully looking into…

During Nelson Mandela’s 19 years imprisoned on Robben Island, one particular commanding officer was the most brutal of them all: “A few days before Badenhorst’s departure, I was called to the main…

In old times, fable retells the story of the young athletic boy hungry for success, for whom winning was everything and success was measured by such a result. One day, the boy…

At a fundraising dinner for an American school that serves learning disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended.…

A true tale of heroism that takes place not in a war zone, nor a hospital, but in Victoria station in London in 2007, during a tube strike. Our hero, a transport…

This is an interesting Italian folktale. Once upon a time, there was a happy and wealthy kingdom. An honest and just king ruled the land. But all was not well. The Queen…

Young King Harshvardhan was imprisoned and sentenced to death by a neighbouring king. Instead of killing him, however, the king, moved by Harshvardhan’s youth and ideals, offered him freedom in exchange for answering a…

The name of Tansen is synonymous with Indian music. He was the state musician in the court of the mighty Moghul emperor Akbar. One day, after listening to Tansen, Akbar was so thrilled…