Moral Stories with a twist

I had a moral instruction (MI) class in our school. Each one of the students was asked to narrate a story and summarize and talk about the moral. The moral of the story was discussed at length to make us understand the relevance and the importance in life. We loved the MI class as…

Self-help is the best help ?

I heard the story when I was a kid. The story goes like this:

Omoiyari — A way forward?

I like this word. It is nice to pronounce and also is nice to hear. It also means nice. There are several meanings to this Japanese word.

Omoiyari (おもいやり) is a universal concept in human interaction. It has meanings like being considerate, having compassion…

The Good Samaritan

The person with the coffee glass in the picture is my cousin. His actual name is Sadahalli Ranganathan Viswantha Iyer. His…

Queen’s Rival

My name is Vara. Everyone calls me by a different name. My grandpa calls me John Kutty. The other grandpa calls me by Samatta Kutty…

Godambi Lunch

It is at noon. All of us are very excited. My nephew ordered lunch from outside after a lot of discussion in the house yesterday…

Checkpoint Charlie

The rising sun cast a rosy hue across the morning sky. Golden fingers of sunlight lit up the scene. The just-risen sun shone…

Hero’s Journey

1969
My uncle R R Sastry went on a world tour for a month on a chartered flight. He was the first one from our family to go abroad…

Talking to strangers…

I just finished reading the new exciting book by Malcolm Gladwell. The core subject is ‘ what we should know about the…