Kamli and her 3-year-old son, Rohan, lived in a poor village in India. They often had to go hungry, because Kamli didn’t earn much from her daily labouring at a brick kiln. She didn’t want Rohan to have such miserable life. She wanted him to have a good childhood and a bright future. So, Kamli…
A princess had been sitting in the window of their palace since morning, refusing to eat anything. When nothing worked, the king was told about the princess. “O my sweetheart, what makes you so sad? Is there anything I can do for you, my lovely princess? Your sadness is spreading its wings to my heart,”…
It was very cold one Wednesday morning in December. An old man in rags was sitting idle outside a town school. The sky was overcast, as if just minutes from snowing. The old man was frail, his hands trembling, his wrinkled cheeks red. Young students, in neat and warm school uniforms, were coming in, all…
Not so long ago, two stray dogs lived in a lane in Srinagar, Kashmir. They would never leave the locality. One of them was a big dog and the other was just a puppy. Every morning when the local bakery opened, they would get up from their resting place and sit in front of the…
Mrs. Shahid wakes up before dawn, with the first call by a Muezzin from the green masjid her modest house shares its fence with. This is her routine. She freshens up, lays out her prayer rug, and facing west, the direction of the holy Kaa’ba, begins her morning prayer. Hassan tiptoes out of the bed…
A long time ago, an old man lived in a desert. He owned a well, which was the only source of drinking water in a vast desert area. The kind old man allowed everyone to drink from his well. Anybody passing through his land could drink from the well without having to pay for it.…
A cow and her calf were once walking through a street. The sun was shining bright. It was so hot that no humans were visible anywhere. The calf suddenly felt thirsty. The cow looked around for some water, but in vain. After walking some distance, she found a tube well in an empty park. But…
A boy named Jay was physically weak. Almost everyone in his school teased and taunted him for how he looked. Even outside the school he was mocked for his appearance. This made him upset and he was unhappy the whole time. When he could not fight back those who made fun of him, they called…
In a town called Elefh, three poor labourers had nothing to eat for many days. Hungry, they sat on a bridge over the lake in the town. As they watched the lake in silence, they spotted a fawn wandering near the edge of the forest, which surrounded the lake. “We must hunt it down and…
It happened a long time ago. A pretty girl was sitting alone near a well in her village, while the children her age were playing and having fun. The girl’s name was Maya. She was sad as she could neither talk nor hear. She wanted to be like other children, talk to them and play…
