Category: Tales

There was once upon a time a certain Shaikh who was highly respected for his wisdom, and visitors often came to consult him on one matter or another. One day Continue Reading →

There was, once upon a time, a grandmother who had lived a very long time, and with every year of her life had added wisdom to her heart. As might Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin was up on his roof, trying to mend it, when someone called him from below. Looking down, he saw a man Continue Reading →

There was once upon a time a certain man who made his living washing clothes. Every day the washerman would visit various houses in his village, collecting the soiled clothing Continue Reading →

It happened once that Mullah Nasruddin and his wife were standing in the street, watching a funeral procession pass by. Beside them was a man with his small son, also Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin had an unusually abundant crop of beets in his garden – large, round beets the size of cabbages! Feeling pleased and Continue Reading →

There was, once upon a time, a certain woman who, by study, skill and ever-deepening compassion for the suffering of those around her, had developed a great mastery of herbs Continue Reading →

Once upon a time Mullah Nasruddin had a stall in the market where he bought and sold eggs. Farmers would bring him baskets of eggs, which he would buy, and Continue Reading →

It happened once that Mullah Nasruddin was walking past an orchard, where he saw a tree that was covered with delicious looking figs. Surely, he told himself, it would be Continue Reading →

This is the story of how Ganesha raced with his brother Kartikeya. It is a story told in many different ways, and surely every sincere version is true. May this Continue Reading →