• The idea of KISS

    A schooling initiative in Bhubaneswar doesn’t leave it to government, seeks to be the change agent. In a fairy tale, a kiss turned a frog into a prince. Recently, I was fortunate…

  • Dashrath Manjhi, The Mountain Man

    An extraordinary common man from Gaya, Bihar, single-handedly bored through a mountain for over two decades to make a commutable path that would take his village closer to the outside world.   For…

  • The wise man

    This is an interesting folk tale from Africa. Once upon a time, there lived a wise man by the name of Mamad. He never lied. All the people in the land, even…

  • Labels

    I sat in my chair quietly next to my Mom & Dad as my Grade-IV teacher gave them an update on my progress at school. “Your child is a slow learner,” said…

  • “Why should I feel bad?”

    Once, there was this guy who was in love with a girl. She wasn’t the most beautiful and gorgeous but, for him, she was everything. He used to dream about her, about…

  • Self-appraisal

    A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the…

  • The true path

    A master was strolling through a field of wheat when a disciple came up to him and asked, “I can’t tell which is the true path. What’s the secret?” “What is that…