Reading Time: 2 minutes“Fifty akse (an old Turkish gold coin) for this fine bird! Come, buy this unique bird for 50 akse!” a man called out at the…
Reading Time: 2 minutesTumpa and Ratnagiri were neighbouring kingdoms. They were always fighting with each other. But this battle promised to be different: it was to be a…
Reading Time: 2 minutesDhanush was an up and coming archer. His skill with the bow and arrows had fetched him many prizes at contests. These victories went to…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe mother sparrow looked at her littlest one a little dubiously. All the others in her brood had learnt to fly and had gone away…
Reading Time: 2 minutesGuru Ramdas had many disciples in his ashram. Prabhudas was one of them. He fluently quoted from the scriptures and was never tired of talking…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHodja Naseeruddin riding his donkey was a common and popular sight. Everyone was used to seeing the Hodja travel on a donkey from place to…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteParrot’s prattle – Short Story Newly married Sushant and Seema, whose finances were quite tight, lived in a tiny one-room flat rented out by a…