King Vijay Chandra, who ruled the Kingdom of Dolakpur, always liked to harass his personal attendants by assigning them tough jobs. Overburdened with too many jobs, the servants pleaded to be relieved. The king would then relieve them from their jobs after chopping off their right ears. He then preserved those chopped ears in jars. Read more…
Hey, guys! I am Milind Lal and I am here to take you on a decade’s worth of journey over the next few paragraphs. I am 20 now. However, as I glance back at the last 10-12 years of my life, I find that books have played a major role in making me the person Read more…
There are two ways you can explore the world: either by traveling or by reading a lot of books. These were not the words of some famous person, but rather my best friend. He had said this when I asked him how I could learn to write. You see, I was not really fond of Read more…
Besides writing and playing video games, reading has arguably been one of the biggest constants in my everyday life. No, I am not talking about school books, but about literature – real literature. This story is about how it all began. As any other kid, the only books I used to read were moral stories disguised Read more…
As a tenth grader, studying was the one thing I hated the most. If I am allowed to be more specific here, I am talking about reading books. Almost every other person in my life seemed to suggest me to read novels and non-fiction books for the sake of “entertainment”. For someone who just about Read more…
By the age of twelve, I had already read a decent number of children’s classics and novels. Later that year, my paternal grandmother passed away, leaving their 22-year-old home empty. I had never been very close to my grandparents, so snooping around the house and rummaging through their stuff was out of question. Now, both Read more…
What could be better than getting to spend your two-month-long summer vacations with your grandparents? Nothing, right? As a small-town girl born in the 90s, I have grown up watching renowned TV programs such as Ramayan, Shaktiman, Aladin and DuckTales. I have danced to the tune of cassette music and have relied on comics for Read more…
Synopsis: 1641-1660 was probably the most important period in India’s resistance against a long and oppressive Islamic rule. The Indian subcontinent was under the brutal control of three tyrannical sultanates – the powerful and despotic Mughals, who stand glorified in our textbooks today, in the North, and the Shia rulers, Adilshah and Qutubshah, down South. Read more…
It is strange how a single word – books – can evoke a myriad of memories, almost in a flashback-like manner. It all started back in my school days, when me and my siblings would fight for the best stickers for our brown-cover books. Looking back on those days, it never occurred to me that Read more…
Long time ago, there lived an old man in the village of Nighoj. His name was Nrupal. His children had gone to big cities in search of jobs and his wife had passed away due to an illness. So, he lived alone. Nrupal had a long beard and was quite proud of it. He believed Read more…
