“Ask the Creator for what you want,” they told her, “and the Creator will always answer you.” They had told her that since she was a baby. Now she was almost seven.…
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Seeing, before and afterward
The lean man closed the door to his old truck. It was stacked high with firewood for me. Slowly he walked toward me, and put out his hand. “Good day,” he said.…
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The Moonlight Sonata
One evening renowned composer Beethoven and a friend were taking a walk. As they were passing through a narrow, dark street, they heard music coming from a little house. “Hush!” Beethoven said.…
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The black man and kindness
We are at the restaurant of a German University. A red-haired student, and undeniably German, takes her tray and sits down at her table. She then realises she has forgotten her cutlery…
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‘Beauty remains; pain ends up passing’
Ever since he was young, the painter Henri Matisse used to visit the great Renoir at his atelier every week. When Renoir was crippled with arthritis, Matisse began to visit him daily,…
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Legendary Personalities: Sunderlal Bahuguna
It is a tragic irony that the man who fought to provide a breath of fresh air to people lost his life struggling for oxygen amidst the pandemic. A pioneering environmentalist, Sunderlal…
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An amazing story
Here is an amazing story from a flight attendant on Delta Flight 15, written following the 9-11 incident in the USA: On the morning of Tuesday, September 11 (2001), we were about five…
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Praying Hands
Back in the 16th century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg (Bavaria state, Germany), lived a family with 18 children. In order to keep food on the table for his brood, Albrecht…
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True happiness
Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola was once asked by a radio presenter in a telephone interview, “Sir what can you remember that made you the happiest in life?” Femi said, “I have gone…
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Marvan Atapattu: When perseverance paid off
This is an amazing story about Sri Lankan cricketer Marvan Attapattu, who played in Tests and ODIs for 17 years on behalf of his country. It’s a story that Harsha Bhogle, India’s…