Category: Family and Kids
Terry and Toodles
By Yoginder Sikand
Dear old Aunt Morlini lived by herself in a lovely little cottage on top of a hill. She wouldn't have traded living all alone fo [...]
The Unfruitful Tree
A farmer had a brother in town who was a gardener, and who possessed a magnificent orchard full of the finest fruit trees, so that his skill and his [...]
Fast Food’ For Kitties
Kitties love cream and milk, but of late they've begun to copy human folks, who stuff themselves with what they call 'fast food' these days.
By Nigar [...]
Talkative Tilly
If only Tilly talked less or talked just when he needed to, he would make such a wonderful friend.
By Yoginder Sikand
Tilly was the most talkative [...]
Emperor Akbar’s Navratnas
Akbar is often titled as Mughal e Azam, the greatest Mughal. Though he himself was not much educated, he respected the scholars and gave them importan [...]
Vitruvian Man
The 'Vitruvian Man' is a drawing created by Italian genius Leonardo da Vinci in 1490. It is accompanied by notes based on the work of the architect [...]
Painted Rocks of China
Zhangye Danxia mountains in north-western province of China present a colourful spectacle. Wavy mountain rocks display colours from deep red to yello [...]
Mangalayaan
India's space agency ISRO launched its Mars Orbiter Mission vehicle "Mangalayaan" (Mangal is the Sanskrit name of Mars) on November 5, 2013. It lift [...]
Turkey Builds Marmaray Tunnel
It is now possible to cross the Bosphorus Strait " from Asia to Europe in just four minutes by the new Marmaray tunnel. It is the realisation of a p [...]
Now, Let’s Smile!
By Zohra
Once, the people of the city invited Mulla Nasruddin to deliver a speech. When he got on the minbar (pulpit), he found the audience was not [...]