Stories in English

Animal Story For Children: Black Stripes Of Tiger

Black Stripes Of Tiger - Dr. Manjari Shukla

Black Stripes Of Tiger: Many years ago the tiger did not have black stripes on his tanned body. Very few people know the secret story behind the appearance of these stripes. Once, long ago, a monkey had a birthday party and invited many of his friends, rabbit, squirrel, cat, dog, bear and of course, his best friend tiger. Black Stripes …

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A Father And A Patriot: Heart Rending Story of The Kargil Warriors

A Father And A Patriot: Ramendra Kumar

A Father And A Patriot: “Abba, how come Nanaji does Puja while Ammi and you perform Namaaz?” eight year old Muskaan asked her father Imtiaz Hussain. They were sitting in the balcony of their flat on a Sunday morning munching groundnuts – the year was 2023. “Before I answer your question let me tell you a little story.” “Wow! That’s …

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Attack By Night: Sigrun Srivastava – Real-Life Story of Bravery

Attack By Night: Sigrun Srivastava - Real-Life Story of Bravery

Attack By Night – The night of February 14, 1980 was cold and dark. The moon had tried to break through the mass of black cloud, had tried and given up. An icy wind from the hills carrying the smell of fresh snow, swept through the deserted narrow lanes of the little Harijan village of Ramnagar in Uttar Pradesh. It …

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The Little Match-Seller: Story by Danish Author Hans Christian Andersen

Heart-touching Christmas Story of Poor Little Girl: The Little Match-Seller

The Little Match-Seller: It was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the old year, and the snow was falling fast. In the cold and the darkness, a poor little girl, with bare head and naked feet, roamed through the streets. The Little Match-Seller: Hans Christian Andersen It is true she had on a pair of slippers …

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A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens – A Ghost Story of Christmas

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol: Once upon a time – of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve – old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: foggy withal: and he could hear the people in the court outside, go wheezing up and down, beating their hands upon their breasts, and stamping their feet …

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A Balloon Seller’s Story: New Year Greetings From Rain basera

A Balloon Sellers Story

A Balloon Seller’s Story: – I am sorry – I am a little late in realizing that a new year has already arrived! Like always my priorities were wrong. In the hallucinations and deliriums I began to celebrate the 26th of January before 1st January at Pusa Road, New Delhi. Did you ever come across the word ‘Rain basera‘? No? …

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Santa and the Christmas gift: Children’s CHristmas story by Manjari Shukla

Santa and the Christmas gift: Children's Story

Santa and the Christmas gift: Santa was in a fix. He was forced to unwrap and use one of the gifts, which was a little girl’s rather unusual request. How would he make it up to her, he wondered. As winter was spreading its freezing arms to cover all mountains and meadows alike, Santa excitedly rubbed his gloved palms. He …

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Sacrifice of Love: Heart Rendering Christmas Story

Heart Rendering Christmas Story: Sacrifice of Love

Sacrifice of Love: One cold winter Christmas Eve, there was a family who lived in the slums of Brooklyn. The family lived in an old run down apartment, suitable for rats. The wife wanted to buy a chain for her husband’s damaged watch, but did not have enough money. She was frantic and overwhelmed in panic. She did not know …

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