Once upon a time, in a kingdom far far away, lived a beautiful princess. The king and the queen were blessed to have a daughter who was so charming and beautiful. She radiated a glow around and her smile made everyone happy. " She is going to become the best warrior ever" proclaimed the king. The kingdom had a tradition and history were both men and women have emerged as great warriors. The princess from the very beginning displayed great courage and kindness. Everyone in the kingdom loved her and she was perfect in every sense. She was a quick learner and displayed a great talent in swo ..read more

How do you determine whether you are confident or not? How to gain the confidence that will not only lead to your success but will also help you to become a stronger self? Is there a secret to be confident in everything you do? How to have belief in yourself? Confidence is something which almost everyone yearns to have. Let’s dive into the holy book of Ramayana to see if we can find the secret to become confident – Angad, the teenage prince of Kishkindha, looked at the heavy muscular arms approaching his leg. A moment later, he felt the grip tightening around his ankles and calf muscles, foll ..read more

Is praying to God really about asking things in return? It is said that you need to love God and it has to be the purest form of love. Imagine how will you feel if your loved ones, loved you back only because they want something from you. Are you only praying to get your problems solved? Let’s read the story of a king who is suffering from a life threatening disease - The coughing sound echoed around the huge palace. The king, weak and ill, infected with a disease that was bound to take his life, slowly opened his eyes to see a saint standing near his bed. His vision faded and he tried to ..read more

In this fast paced world, how many of us really stop for a second and think about the goals we have set for ourselves? How many of us are able to differentiate between goals and the predominant feeling of having more? Are the goals we have set for ourselves turning into our lust to achieve something? I bet many of us have already heard it over and over again, don’t be greedy ; don’t let your passion turn into an obsession that will ultimately lead you to a never ending race. But if it would have been so easy to control this feeling then why almost everyone falls in its trap? Why almost eve ..read more

Do you pressurize your children to achieve something you want in life? Which category of parents do you fall under – “The cool ones” or “The orthodox strict ones”? Every parent wants best for his child, but some often forget to provide the most important thing which he/she needs – support. Below is a short and sweet story reflecting the same…. He walked passed his mom in a jiffy without replying to her how his day was, went up the stairs and closed his bedroom door. He was late again from school today. Even though his mom felt that something is out of order, she shrugged it off as Rahul ..read more

She recollected the words of hate and anger that she had just exchanged with her boyfriend. A tear rolled down her left cheek as she walked all alone in the nearby garden. One step at a time, she strolled around without paying attention to what was happening around her. Lost in her own world, with pain in her heart and fear in her mind. A sense of hopelessness engulfed her mind and she felt as if everything was over. “We will always be together” the words which once used to give her hope were now hard to recollect. Tears flooded her eyes once again and she let them flow down and vanish i ..read more

How many of us believe that we control our destiny? How many times you have been told that you have the power to control it? How many times you have heard people say everyone’s destiny is already written? From parents to elders to astrologers to teachers, I believe that we might have heard about these, at least once. Well, let me give you a very different view, which might change the way you look at what we call …Destiny. Have you ever wondered why are we so curious about the whole issue? First, we are interested to know what will happen, next we want to know how it will happen, after that ..read more

Who is a saint? How do we define them? What differentiates them from us? Is it possible for a saint to have a daily job like us? Are their lives different from ours? Do they have a secret that we do not know off? What do we have to do to become a saint? Do you have to attain a certain level of spiritual level or is there something else too? Questions have been asked and many have been answered, yet most of us fail to grab the answer. It’s quite possible that you might have already heard about how you can lead a beautiful life like a saint’s, but there is a lot more which we fail to grab ..read more

Looking for peace of mind? Don’t worry you are not the only one, infact each one of us, rich or poor, male or female, successful or unsuccessful, married or bachelor the list goes on and on , are looking for peace. It doesn’t matter from which corner of the world you are from but all of us are directly or indirectly are looking for ways to be peaceful. We want to be successful, we want to be happy and we want stability in life, but even when we have achieved these, are we able to be at peace or whether new problems always pop up? Ask yourself how you have felt when you have achieved some ..read more

Some things are easier said than done. Imagine yourself as a parent, a teacher or just an individual who is giving advice to someone. “Don’t lie, always speak the truth…. Be truthful” Are these words familiar? How many times in your life you have heard them or used them? From childhood to adulthood, the advice remains the same but how many of us pay heed to it? Have you ever wondered that a simple small advice could have a link with your spiritual progress? Could it have a deeper meaning which we are not aware off? Let’s jump into a simple story of a talking and intelligent parrot, who b ..read more