Recently, I and my friend went to a Gurudwara. As we came out of the Gurudwara, I noticed that there was a line of beggars outside the Gurudwara. My friend, who is a regular visitor to this Gurudwara, paid alms selectively to five of the beggars. As we moved past the beggars, I asked him […]
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Today, he laughed. He laughed uninhibitedly and uncontrollably. He laughed as much as he hadn’t laughed before ever in his life. He laughed because finally, one of the biggest weights he had been carrying on his heart, probably for lifetimes, was lifted. He laughed because today, he fulfilled one of the purposes of his lifetime.
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A dishevelled, dark, old-aged beggar in worn-out clothes used to roam around the streets of a city, with asking in his eyes, and hands always stretched out to beg. His only belongings were the clothes on his body, a bowl in his hand, and a pair of broken slippers in his feet. It was a
It was one of the worst days at office for him. So, naturally, today he was more open to listening to his inner voice, which he would otherwise ignore in the normal flow of things. As soon as he reached his house, he threw himself on the couch and started thinking. “Why do I always
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Chintu used to live in Punjab and like every Punjabi, he harbored the dream of going to Canada (or Kanaeda) one day. He wasn’t educated much but he knew one thing because of which everyone in his townvalued him. He had a map of Punjab and he knew how to read it. That was not
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