Year: 2023

False Values The well lay close to the road. To wayfarers it was holier than the holy Ganges. The wearied travellers rested here for a while, refreshed themselves with cold water and were up again for the next stage of their journey. A philanthropist had also built a small hut there and placed in it...

Tolerance It was the merry time of spring festivities. Hari keshbal went for a picnic with the members of his family. The elderly people were busy cooking food. The children were playing and banging about.  Harikesh played pranks on his playmates. He either teased them or whacked them for no fault of theirs. His mischievous...

Self-confidence Once a priest was going somewhere with a lamb on his shoulders. On the way, he was noticed by a gang of four swindlers. They schemed to deprive him of his lamb. One of the four swindlers came to him and said. "Oh! Priest, you seem to be really very innocent. What has led...

Bread by Labour The ancient Rishis of our country used to say, "He who has two hands and ten fingers has everything." If a man does not possess these things, he possess nothing. Hands are the symbol of manliness and manliness is the custodian of our independent personality. It is only by dint of hard...

The Worship of Manliness There is a story that dates back to the days gone by. A man was going to another village with some valuables. After covering a little distance, he found carrying some valuables himself in a jungle. He was already apprehensive for his safety as he was with him. When he proceeded...

Four Pillars of Democracy The success of a democracy depends on the charter of its people. Democratic character has four main pillars:   1. To submit or eself to collective discipline   2. A tendency to reconcile oneself to the leadership:   3. Renunciation of such selfish considerations as tend to subvert national integrity; and...

Punishment or Change of Heart The story dates back to the days when social life had just come into existence. The number of people then was small and their wants were limited. The incidence of crime was negligible. Nevertheless if someone, by chance, had committed a crime of trivial nature, he was produced before the...

Discipline Once a student of a college came to me. In the course of the discussion he asked: "Of freedom and discipline which do you consider to be the more important"?   "Both freedom and discipline are equally dear to me", said I. "Hence it is difficult for me to say which of the two...

Patriotism: The Prestige of a Nation A nation is a unit of people's prestige. The dignity of a nation is the dignity of its people and its disgrace, people's disgrace. He whose heart is filled with a sense of respect for his nation escapes many evils.   Patriotism must not be inspired by hatred for...

Introduction The question of imparting religious and moral instruction to students in schools and colleges has Engaged the attention of educationists for years but no practical solution of the problem has, yet, been found out. The pity is that everyone, even those who are in authority and are competent to unravel the knot, speak no...