Category Archives: Stories

Selections from Rajaji’s Mahabharata

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

One of my many purchases on a recent trip to India was a copy of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari’s English translation of the Mahabharata.  Rajaji (1878-1972) was an important Indian statesman, but he spent a bit of his active life on literature and religion rather than politics.  His Mahabharata is ~450 pages long, which can hardly include [...]

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Searching for a solution

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

One of my best friends was telling me a story that her dad often told her when she was young:
There once was a man that was drowning in the middle of sea. He could see no land in any direction. So as he tried his best to keep treading and holding on to life, he [...]

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Lessons from a Cherokee Legend

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Earlier today, I was forwarded an email that I found to be very inspiring. I couldn’t help but smile as I read it. It was about an old Cherokee legend – the boy’s rite of passage:
The boy’s father takes him into the forest, blindfolds him and leaves him alone. He is told to sit on [...]

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