Once upon a time there lived a lovely princess with fair skin and blue eyes. She was so fair that she was named Snow White. Her mother died when Snow White was…
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The Beauty and the Beast
Once upon a time there lived a wealthy merchant and his three daughters. One day, the father was to go to a far-off place and he asked his daughters what they wanted…
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Cinderella
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl named Cinderella. She lived with her wicked stepmother and two stepsisters. They treated Cinderella very badly. One day, they were invited for a…
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Couple buys a piece of rain-forest and transforms it into a paradise
Pamela Malhotra and her husband Anil have found a special calling in life: together they run the Sai Sanctuary, the only private wildlife reserve and conservation area in India. When they bought the piece of…
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Unexpected wisdom from a bird
Here is a beautiful sufi story. A man caught a bird. The bird said to him, “Release me, and I will give you three valuable pieces of advice. I will give you…
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The happy prince
High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright…
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“What are you reading, old man?”
A century ago, an old man was travelling alone in France by train. A much younger man, who was sitting next to him, watched as the old man reached into his travelling…
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Thomas Edison and the light bulb
Let there be Light! Historians agree that Thomas Edison was not the inventor of the electric light bulb, but he did produce the first commercially viable one. Earlier, light bulbs were experimented…
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God’s calculation
Once, two persons were sitting near a temple, talking with each other. It was getting dark and cloudy. By then, another person came there and asked if he can join them. They…
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Conquering Everest: What you didn’t know about Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, and the first trip to the top of the world
People | June 6, 2019 In case you haven’t seen the news recently, let’s catch you up on the news for Nepal. This climbing season, more climbers than ever before are attempting…