Author: Priyanka Sharma

The Crane and the Crab

Once there lived a heron near a big lake which was full of fishes and other water creatures. He lived his life by eating fishes from the lake. Days passed away and the heron grown old. He was unable to caught fishes from the lake anymore. Day by day he became very lean and weak due to lack of food.

After few days he made a plan he sat on the edge of the lake and began to crying. After some time a crab saw him and asked him the reason of his crying. He asked, "Uncle, Why are you crying? What is the matter? What happened to you?’’ The heron continue his pretending and replied, "Son, I have decided that I would not catch any fish anymore. I have decided to give up all the things of the world and want to serve my rest life for God. So I undergo a fast until my death".

The crab asked him if you decided it then why are you crying now. The heron explained, "My child, I lived in this lake from my birth. And now I have grown old. I hear that this lake now will dry up because there will be no rains for the next twelve years". The crab was shocked to hear this and asked the heron, "Uncle, please tell me if it is true from where you have heard such thing." The heron continued to pretend and said, "I have heard this news from a wise astrologer. You see, there is already not much water in the lake. And very soon, the lake will dry up completely due to lack of rains."

The crab got shocked and wants to inform all the water creatures about this news. He went to their friends and narrated the entire story. On hearing this everybody got worried. They went to the heron and asked please help us to save us from this calamity.” The heron thought that my plan got work and pretending, “Surely I help you. There is a lake nearby and it is full of water. There is lot of water that I would not dry until many years. I can take you all there if you want to sit on my back. The heron had already gained their confidence. They all gathered around him and requested to carry them one by one to the other lake and save their lives.

The heron got succeeded in his plan. Every day, he would carry one of them on his back and flying a little away from the lake so nobody saw him. Then he killed them and eat them up. He would then return after sometime to the lake and tell them how they are happy in the other lake. Day by day the heron killed many of the creatures in this way.

The crab said to heron, "Uncle, you take all others to the lake but it is me who is your first friend. Please take me to the other lake to save my life." The heron got very happy to hear this all. He thought he eat fish daily it has became very monotonous. It is good to eat a crab today. Then the crab is carrying the crab to the same rock where he killed all others. The crab looked down the rock and saw the heap of bones and skeletons there. He understood what the heron done with all his friends. But he remains calm so the heron cannot understand. He said to the heron, "Uncle, the lake seems too far away and I am quite heavy. You got tired, so let us stop, you should need some rest".

The heron was so confident that he would not understand why the crab said all this. He thought the crab cannot escape from him. So he confessed all his bad deeds and said to the crab, "There is no lake here in real for real. I did all for my own meal. As I do every day, I will smash you against a rock and killed you to make you my meal for today. "

After listening this crab got hold the heron’s neck with its strong claws and got him to dead. The crab start laughing at himself that he saved himself and other water creatures from the heron. He took the heron to the lake. The other water creatures in the lake were surprised to see him back. They became curious, and asked all sort of questions. The crabbed narrated the entire story and said the heron was a fraud and whatever he told about the lake was all false. He was taking one of us every day far away to kill them and made them his meal."

He said, "I understood what he was done with all our friends up to, and have killed the heron. There is no need to worry now; we are safe in this lake. It is not going to dry up at all."

The wise indeed say:

When things go wrong, use your brain to overcome the situation.

April 1, 2016
The Crows and the Cobra

Once there lived a pair of crows on a big banyan tree. They made a beautiful nest and made it their home. But they have a problem because a black cobra lived in the hollow of the tree and he eat their newborn babies whenever the female crow hatched her eggs. They were very disappointed and want to get rid from the black cobra. So they decided to get help from a jackal who lived nearby on another banyan tree.

They went to the jackal and narrated the whole story and requested him to help them to get rid from the cobra. They said, "O Friend, It became dangerous to live here. Please help us how we can protect our children from being eaten up by the wicked black cobra." The jackal replied them please don’t give up. Have faith in ourselves and everything will be fine. The jackal told them a plan, "Fly into the capital of the kingdom which not far from here. Visit the house of someone who is wealthy but careless. Notice everything if you find any valuable thing pick it up but ensure that the servants are watching you.” You should make sure that servants were followed you. Then return back to your home and drop the valuable near the hollow of the tree of the cobra. When the servants reached following you they kill the cobra after seeing it. And you get rid from the cobra.

The crows decided to follow the jackal plan and flew off toward the kingdom. After sometime the female crow noticed some women swimming in the lake. They left valuable ornaments near the lake and the royal servants were guarded them. So she decided to pick up the valuable ornaments. Female crow came down and picked a big necklace in her beak and start flying slowly so that the servants noticed her. The servants noticed her and start following the female crow and throw stones at her.As female crow reached the banyan tree where the king cobra lived she dropped the necklace. She sat on the tree so that the servants noticed her.

As the servants reached the tree the king cobra came out from the hollow of tree after listening the noise made by the servants. As the cobra saw the servants he tried to attack them but the servants attacked him with sticks and stones and recover the necklace. They killed the black cobra and returned with the necklace. And then the crows lived happily and they gotten rid from the cobra.

The wise indeed say:

Even a very powerful enemy can be destroyed through deceit

April 1, 2016
The Bug and the Poor Flea

Once there lived a white flea named Mandavisarpini in a palace. She lived in the folds of the white silk sheet of the king’s bed. She happily spent her days by sucking the blood of the king without noticing anybody. She fed the king’s blood when the king undergo fall asleep.

One day a bug entered in the bedroom of the king. He attracted by the decoration of the room. As he entered the room the flea saw him and shouted at him and said to him that what are you doing here in king’s bedroom.

Don’t you know if you get caught what happened with you? Go away. After listening it the bug replied, “Madam, how rudely you welcome a guest. You should treat a guest with good words and respected him. Offer him some refreshments.”

Before replying the flea the bug continued himself that I fed different types of blood but i never tasted the royal blood. I want to taste the royal blood of the king. It must be very sweet as the king eats delicious food. It’s my pleasure to taste the king’s blood. Please permit me to do so.

The flea told him you have a nasty bite like a sharp needle i can permit you only when the king is in deep sleep. You should promise me to wait till the king fell asleep. The bug agreed and promised the flea to feed the king’s blood only after the flea.

After sometime the king’s entered his room to sleep. But before the king falls asleep the bug decided to bite the king as he did not control himself. He bite the king sharply. The king sat on the bed and shouted at his servants, "Hey, there is something in my bed that has bitten me. Check it fast.
On hearing this, the bug quickly hid himself to save his life in a corner of the bed. The servants check the whole bed of the king sheet by sheet and they found the flea between the folds. They killed her without waiting just a minute. The king went to sleep.

The wise indeed say:

There is no value of the false promises of strangers. You end up paying for it.

April 1, 2016
Lady Gaga : The Singing Monster

Mostly people while searching for the meaning of success, look at the heroes of recent past. The case of Lady Gaga, who is a much successful superstar of today, offers inspiration and some of the most motivational thoughts for today’s people. Hereby we are providing the incredible story of Lady Gaga’s success to reach the top level and twist and turns came in her life to reach at this level.

Lady Gaga with her father

Lady Gaga born on the 28th of March, 1986 as Stefani Germanotta. This New York-based singer was a hit maker right from the start. The would be singer described herself as a provocative in his youth period and she was a target for oppressors during her high school because of her unusual appearance and behaviour. Her friends remember her as a star right from the start, singing as one of her major passions even as a youth.

Gaga's family lived in New York's exclusive upper eastern side, but they were very far from wealthy.

As they both were professionals, so they were out of the house for much of her early life. Gaga left alone with plenty of time for herself to style her hair, creative wicked outfits and f course the most important to sing. Germanotta was a hit at open mike nights from her 14^th birthday onwards, putting her promising piano skills to the test.

After a brief time at art school, Germanotta dropped out the school and felt that she was more able than most of her classmates and that the school’s schedule was holding her back.

So he asked her father to give her money to cover her rent for a year and promised that if her music career never moved up, she would move straight back to home and attend art school again as a backup plan.

But of course she did not need a backup plan. Her singing styles and abilities immediately attracted attention from Def Jam representatives, and Lady Gaga was signed to the label in 2006.

But after arguments over her music direction, she was dropped from the level and left on her own again. But she taken it as a challenge and wrote music again, and then a contact passed it on to executives at Streamline, a subsidiary of Interscope Records.

Once again, Gaga had an opportunity, and this time she decided to waste it. She spent her next year writing songs for other artists at the company until the well known R&B singer Akon saw great potential in her when she was called in to perform as a reference singer.

Akon immediately signed her to produce her album and insisted that she partner with some of his close friends.

Those friends happened to be Red One, famed producer and a key aspect of Gaga's sound. Gaga own discography of tracks grew, and on 2008, Gaga burst onto the scene with her hit 'Just Dance’. An attractive dance-pop song, it was followed with a number of other singles, and her praised follow up album The Fame: Monster.

Lady Gaga continues to be strength in the music industry, having sold a combined ninety-million singles and albums over the past four years.

Her journey began from her humble searching for a musical outlet and now she reached to the top of the world's biggest pop charts and the stages of the world's biggest arenas, this pop star, in spite of her strange image, built her success on hard work, hustle, and a belief in her own vision.

March 28, 2016
Quentin Tarantino : Another Name of Violence

Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.

– Quentin Jerome Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino was born on March 27th, 1963, in the city of Knoxville, Tennessee. His upbringing was relatively simple and straightforward. He was born to a musician father and a strong, independent mother. He had to quickly relocate himself to California after his parents separated early in his life.

From the age of two onwards, he spent his early life in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

He was greatly fascinated by cinema at an early age, so he dropped out of high school at age fifteen to make an acting career. He started taking classes during daytime and watching classic movies by night. While he was struggling to survive, he got his first job as an employee at the Video Archives rental store near his home. It resulted in one of the most creative film consumption periods of any person working in Hollywood today.

During his career at the Video Archives, Tarantino watched thousands of films and built a immense knowledge of cinema and also formed his creative yet homage-filled style at the same time. From western flicks and historical movies to kung fu, Tarantino's knowledge of cinema became an important aspect of his style, influencing stories and designs in his future creations.

Tarantino meet his future collaborator Lawrence Bender at a party and after it he started writing his first screenplay.

His first immediate success was The mega-violent and street-smart Reservoir Dogs and it’s also bringing in over ten times his modest budget. This film was financed by an actor Harvey Keitel, who would then become one of the most valued recurring cast members of Tarantino.

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'

– Quentin Jerome Tarantino

Although Reservoir Dogs received the critical acclaim, but Tarantino wanted more and he set out to make a movie that would clearly define him as a director. After two years, his second film, Pulp Fiction, was released to universal acclaim. The film was a huge financial success and established Tarantino as a new Hollywood filmmaker that combined style with meaningful story.

After it many film hit but no one like the Pulp Fiction.

A partnership with cult favourite director Robert Rodriguez resulted in From Dusk Till Dawn, a bizarre vampire movie that wasn't a hit amongst critics. Soon Tarantino received critical acclaim once again for his first non-original script, the hit blaxploitation homage Jackie Brown, which reignited the career of former star Pam Grier.

From a struggler to on top of the world, Tarantino spent the more recent years of his career on the film projects that he was most interested in. He made a two part series based on the character of 'The Bride', a revenge-seeking bride which he invented with Uma Thurman while directing Pulp Fiction.

Later he created what be the world’s best revenge film, the hilarious and somewhat disturbing Inglourious Basterds, a bizarre take on World War II.

He also spent his time to helping international directors gain exposure in the United States, using his name and reputation to release a range of independent releases in major cinema chains.

With a career that's produced both critical acclaim and commercial success, Quentin Tarantino is a rare ambassador of both artistic integrity and bankable skills in the film industry.

An ambitious self-educator, his success isn't the result of advanced training or an extensive education, but a desire and motivation to succeed that pushed him past his peers.

March 27, 2016
The Dhoni Story
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's journey to cricket superstardom.

Childhood

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian cricket team captain, was born in Ranchi Bihar (now in Jharkhand) in east India on 7 July 1981. He has done his study from the DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir where he was wholeheartedly interested in football and badminton.
MS Dhoni belongs from a very typical family. His father, Mr. Pan Singh, worked in MECON at junior management position. His mother Devki Devi is a housewife. He has a sister named, Jayanti Gupta, who is a teacher and a brother named Narendra Singh Dhoni, who is a politician.

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MS Dhoni was the goalkeeper of his football team and he had played up to district and state level. Although he was not interested into cricket, on the insistence of his football coach, he tried to play cricket.

Early Career

MS Dhoni was played well in cricket especially well which allowed him to enter into a local cricket club named the Commando cricket club, where he played from 1995-1998. At the last session from 1997-98, his outstanding performances in the Vinoo Mankad Under-16 Championship attracted the selectors.

Then he was selected for the next season of Bihar U-19 squad. He worked very much on his cricket and improved his batting and keeping performances which at last led him to be selected for the Bihar Ranji Trophy squad for the 1999/2000 season. His first match was against Assam team and he made unbeaten score of 68.

Dhoni made his first century in the very next season but he was able to score at an average of about 40 runs per game till the 2003 season. 2003 became a milestone for him and he was selected to the India A team which going to Kenya to play a tri- series tournament against Pakistan A as the third team. In that series he played so well and scored 362 runs at an average of 72.40 with his unbeatable centuries against Pakistan.

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As Dhoni played excellently in domestic matches and international tours, he made a place in the ODI squad for the tour to Bangladesh in 2004-2005. On his first match, unluckily he was run out for a duck but at his 5 th ODI match against Pakistan, he made 148 runs in 123 balls and called as match winning player in the Indian squad. With this excellent performance he had recorded the maximum score by an Indian wicket keeper as well as fixed his place in the team.

In November 2005, while chasing a tough target of 299, he made 183 runs in 145 balls to win the Indian team. He then won the ‘Man of the Series’ award for scoring top in the tournament by 346 runs.

In the 2007 world cup he made a score of only 29 runs in the three matches with two ducks which made to the knockout in the group stages. But Dhoni came back with his excellent performances which all made him the captain of the Indian T20 squad in September 2007. After that Dhoni led the team to win the debut World Cup T20 in South Africa.

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As a Captain Cool

Dhoni was made the captain of the ODI team in 2007 and the Test team in 2008. In the year 2009, Dhoni made a score of 1198 runs in 24 innings at an average of 70.43 and became the highest scorer of the year in ODI’s.

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Dhoni remained a part of the World ODI XI for 6 years in a row from 2008-2013. Government of India awarded the highest sport honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna to Dhoni in 2008 for his excellent performances. Dhoni advertises more than 15 products as of 2013 and became one of the most marketable players in the world. In June 2013, Dhoni became the 16th highest paid sportsman in the world with yearly earnings of $31 million. He is also one of the most successful Indian sportsmen that the world has ever seen.
Milestones

In his cricket career, Dhoni has reached a many milestones.Dhoni became the captain of the Indian cricket team for T20 World Cup in 2007. In this world cup Indian team won the match and they returned from South Africa with the trophy. After that he was then made the permanent captain of the Cricket team for ODIs too.

The next year, he made the captain of the test team too, when he as the vice captain of the team had to take the control against Australia because Anil Kumble, who was the skipper then, was injured. And after that series Anil Kumble declared his retirement and then Dhoni became the full time test captain of the Indian team too. It was under his captaincy that Indian team reached No 1 in the ICC Test Ratings.

In 2009, the score of 729/9 of Indian team against Sri Lanka was the Highest Test total ever. Under his reign the Indian team won the2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and he became the second Indian captain after Kapil Dev to do so. Dhoni is also the only captain who had taken home both the ICC world cups (T20 and ODI).

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On 17th January 2008, Dhoni became the first Indian wicketkeeper with five international dismissals in an innings against Australia, equal to Gilchrist’s record. As a wicket keeper batsman, he has some highlights in the batting fields also. His blow of 183 not out is the highest score of any cricketer who has ever made in the second innings of an ODI and then he broke the record of Brian Lara’s153*.

In the very innings Dhoni hit 10 Sixes, the most number hit by any Indian in a single inning and made 120 out of that 183 from Boundaries alone ( 15 Boundaries, and 10 over-boundaries). Dhoni made it to 1 in ICC ODI batting Ranking, the second batsman to do so.

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In the season of 2014-15 Dhoni took retirement from the test cricket.His stumping in his last test match helped him to break the record of Kumar Sangakkara of all time stumpings (134). He also broke the record for the maximum number of dismissals by any Indian Wicket keeper.

As a wicketkeeper, he completed his ‘Double’ (4000 runs, 100 dismissals) in just 114 innings. He’s the sixth in the world to do so, and the youngest one also who have achieved that feat. Dhoni is only wicket keeper in the world who has taken a wicket. He is not just a batsman and a wicket keeper, but he also has proved himself as a bowler too. He took the wicket of Travis Dowlin of West Indies.

Dhoni had signed up with Chennai Super Kings in 2008 in the Indian Premier League. He had won the trophy twice in the last six seasons. He is the only captain who has achieved this feat.

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His Other Achievements
- Dhoni’s score of 224 is the highest score in a Test by an Indian captain, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s 217.
- Dhoni is also the most successful Indian Test Captain who won 24 tests.
- Dhoni is only one of the three people in the world to have captained their teams for more than 300 ODIs. Currently he ranks third after Ricky Ponting and Stephen Fleming.
- Dhoni is also the Third captain who has won 100 ODIs after Ricky Ponting and Allan Border.
- Only a few players have been wicket-keeper Captains for their team for a long time, MS Dhoni is at the top and beating Alexander by over 15 who ranks second in that list.
- He is the highest scoring wicket-keeper captain on the world in a Test.
Personal and Family Life

In 2010, MS Dhoni married Sakshi, his childhood love. Sakhshi was his classmate while he was at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, and she was then studying Hotel Management in Kolkata, and working at The Taj Bengal as a trainee. They have known each other from their childhood and their families are close friends as well. Sakshi’s family is native to Dehradun, Uttarkhand. And their family moved back once her father retired from his service.

Although they had a very short engagement ceremony (just one day), Dhoni’s friends told the interviewers that the wedding was properly planned and executed. Among his friends list was Bipasha Basu, the renowned model and actress is a close friend of Dhoni’s.
In February of 2015, Sakshi gave birth to a baby girl named Ziva.
March 16, 2016
“….feeling like they were frozen”: A Zika virus victim’s tale

Story of 21-year-old Brazilian college student Jade Coelho de Miranda, who was infected last year.

Last October, I frequently hung around a large park at my college, the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. I didn’t think much of all the mosquitoes in the area — until I broke out in a rash that covered my entire body.

I was scared.

I told my dad, and soon found myself at a hospital, where they did multiple tests that confirmed I had contracted the Zika virus.

For the next week, I had severe muscle pain and a fever, two of the most common side effects of the infection caused by Aedes mosquito bites.

My whole body felt immobilized. I started having difficulty moving my hands — feeling like they were frozen. My eyes became irritated, too.

It was a terrible week. I couldn’t go out, exercise or do anything because the joint pain was so strong.

My pain was bad, but it was nothing compared to my father’s.

He was diagnosed a few days after me. His case was worse because it developed into a rare disease called Guillain-Barré syndrome, causing him to experience weakness in his legs and upper body.

He said he had pins-and-needles sensations in his fingers, toes, ankles and wrists for three months.

We need a vaccine now. We need a cure now — before it gets worse.

Hyderabad based Bharat Bioltech International Limited has developed two candidate vaccines from an imported live Zika virus. However, the trials on animals and humans haven’t begun yet.

February 3, 2016
The Fall and Rise of a Merchant

Once there lived a merchant named Vardhamana. He was very rich and prosperous. He was widely known. The king was also aware of his abilities therefore he appointed him as the administrator of the kingdom. Vardhamana have the abilities to keep others happy by his intelligence. He keeps common happy and at the same time he also impressed the king.

Days passed away and there comes a day when the merchant’s daughter gets married. He arranged a grand reception. He invited king and the queen along with entire royal family. He also invited all the respected people of the kingdom. He arranged all the facilities for their guests and also ensured about it. In respect for their guest for attending the reception party he also gave them return gift.

After some time a servant of the royal palace come there and sat on the seat reserved for nobles. He was not invited in the party. Seeing the servant the merchant got very angry. He insulted him and thrown him out.

The servant felt very insulted and want to revenge from the merchant. He thought if he can do such a thing by which the faith of the king from merchant gone away. Thinking in such a way he made a plan.

After many days the servant got the opportunity. He was sweeping the floor of the king’s room. He knew that the king was still awake so he started mumbling, ‘‘Oh god what happened in this palace. The merchant has now become so carefree that he dared to embrace the queen.” The king got angry after listening it and shouted on the servant. He asked him whatever he said was it true. Have you seen it with your own eyes?

The servant starts pretending. He fell on the feet of the king and said forgive me my king for whatever i said. I don’t know what I have been mumbling. I was gambling all night so i did not sleep at night. And now i feel very drowsy. The king did not say any words to the servant but he thought that it can be true. The servant knew that he done his job. He sowed the seed of distrust.

After that day the king did not trust the merchant and filled with jealousy and anger. He ordered the guards not to enter the merchant in the palace.

One day when the merchant was trying to entering the gate of the palace guards stopped him. The merchant got surprised that suddenly what happened to the king. Why he did so. The servant was present nearby he mockingly shouted on the guards, “Ho Guards! What you did. You did not know he is a powerful person and king’s favourite also. He has the power to people arrested or released. He even thrown out peoples just like he thrown out me of his daughter’s reception.

After hearing this merchant understood the whole matter. He felt very insulted and returned home. He made a plan and invited the servant to his home. He flattened him with gifts and garments and treated him as a respectable person. He apologised for his misbehaviour of that day. He said kindly, “O friend, that day I did not have you thrown out due to anger, but it was due to you to occupy the seat reserved for the royal nobles. They felt very insulted, and out of compulsion I had to throw you out. Please forgive me.”

The servant got flattened by the merchant and felt very respected. He forgave him. He ensured the merchant that he made the king as before towards him. And the servant went back home.

Next morning when he sweeping the floor of the palace he waited for the king half awake. After few moments he got the opportunity and he started mumbling again as before, “Our king is crazy, he eats cucumber in the lavatory!”

After hearing this king got angry and shouted at the servant, “What nonsense do you talk about. Have you ever seen me doing such thing yourself?” Once again the servant fell on his knees and requested the king, “O king, please forgive me if I said something improper. I was gambling all last night and didn’t sleep. I feel drowsy and I don’t know what I have been mumbling.”

The king thought this servant is a fool. Whatever he mumbled about me is ridiculously false. Then it was sure that whatever he mumbled about the merchant was also false. It is not right to mistreat the trusted merchant. He thought the merchant has done a lot for the kingdom. He control the whole administrative system efficiently and without him it has become diminished.

Thus the king invited the merchant to the palace and flattened him with gifts, jewels and other precious things. He reappointed him at his post and favoured him as before.

The wise indeed say:

One should treat all with respect even the lowest.

February 1, 2016
The foolish sage

Once upon a time there lived a sage named Deva Sharma. He lived in a huge temple that was present in the outer area of a town. He was widely known and a respectable person. People often visited him for his blessing. They offer him many things such as gifts, food, money. The sage did not caring the emotions of peoples and sold the things which were not of his use.

Nobody knew that he did not trust any person. He kept all his money in a bag and carried it with him all time.

One day a swindler came across the sage and he realised that surely this bag contain a lot of money. He planned for stealing the bag but he did not get a suitable idea for stealing the bag. So he decided to charm the sage by his sweet words and to convince the sage to accept him as his disciple. He thought when he win the confidence of the sage he also get an opportunity to steal the bag.

After few days the swindler approached the sage with the words Om Namah Shivaya. He fell on the feet of sage and said please guide my Gurudev. I distracted from the right path of the life please help me. I want peace in my life. After listening these words the sage blessed him and assured him to guide him.

This was the opportunity the swindler was seeking he said to sage that please accept me as your disciple, Guruji. I will do whatever you tell me to do. The sage accepted him as his disciple on one condition that he wanted to spend the night alone without company. As at night he mediate also. So you will not be allowed to enter the temple at night. You will spend his night at the gate of the temple in a hut. The swindler agreed.

The sage initiated the rituals and took the swindler as his disciple. The swindler proved himself as an obedient disciple. He helped the sage in all the work of the temple along with massaged his hands and feet. The sage very happy with his disciple but the swindler could not get enough success in his aim.

Days passed away and swindler started getting frustrated and thought that he did not trust him enough to leave the bag with him.

He thought if he kills the sage he got success in his motive. Suddenly he saw a young boy who visits the sage. He was the son of one of the sage’s disciple. He came to invite the sage for a ritual ceremony at his home. The sage accepted his invitation.

After some time sage started off for the town with his swindler. On their way they came across a river and the sage want to relieving himself. He hid the bag in his robe and asked the swindler to look after the robe until he came back.

This was the opportunity for which the swindler was seeking for a long time. As soon as the sage went behind the bushes, the swindler ran away with the bagful of money. After some time when the sage came back he did not find his disciple around. He got shocked and anxious after not finding his bag. He lost his control and fell down and shouted in anger, “where are you rascal. Why you robbed me”.

The sage started to follow the footsteps of the swindler but he did not succeed. He understands that he will not be able to catch the swindler. He reached the town and stayed the night in the town. Next morning he returned the temple disappointed, full of sorrow.

The wise indeed say:

Do not believe in the sweet words of a swindler.

February 1, 2016
The fighting Goats and the Jackal

One day while a sage was going through a jungle, he saw two golden rams fighting each other. Even though both were wounded heavily and blood oozing out from their heads and bodies but they did not stop fighting.

After sometime a jackal was passing by there he was very hungry. He saw bloods around there he suddenly started sucking the blood from the ground. He was so hungry and in too much hurry that he did not caring about the fighting goats.

After seeing this the sage got surprised and thought that this jackal is such a fool he was so in hurry that he did not care his life. The fighting rams might harm him. But still he continued to licking the blood. After sometime the jackal came nearer to the fighting rams and suddenly they got hurt the jackal. They stuck the head of jackal and he fell down. After few moments jackal lost his life due to severe injuries.

The wise indeed say:

Do not close your eyes to the approaching danger due to greed.

February 1, 2016