An Indian Folklore A man and his wife lived in a small town. The man thought no end of his cleverness. One day he said to his wife: “People say that a woman’s cunning is unbeatable —even the cleverest among men cannot match it.” The wife said, “And so it is, without doubt. A victim… Continue reading Do we know what women can do?
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Whom does the destiny favour?
An Indian Folklore Once lived a boy in a village with his widowed mother. He was a simpleton but sincere and hardworking. The village used to be peaceful and abundant but unfortunately it suffered unprecedented natural calamities, one after the other — cyclones, floods, earthquakes and droughts. Life became very hard. So the boy decided… Continue reading Whom does the destiny favour?
The Mountain that Ate People
A JAPANESE FOLK-TALE Long long ago in Japan, there was a small state ruled by a young feudal lord who hated old people. He felt after people turned sixty-one, they became a huge nuisance as they could neither work nor think. So he issued a decree, and threatened that whoever broke it, would be punished… Continue reading The Mountain that Ate People
What is real Wealth and Happiness?
An Indian Folklore Once lived a proud King. The King one day decided to go on a pilgrimage. Late one afternoon he camped in a village close to a forest. He heard that in that forest lived a Sage for whom the local people had great respect. What was intriguing, the Sage was once a… Continue reading What is real Wealth and Happiness?
What is virtue?
An Indian Folktale In a village, there lived a thief. He stole things from here and there, sold what he got cheaply and thus made a living. Once someone in the village died and everyone in the house went to the cremation ground to cremate his body. The thief thought there would be nobody in… Continue reading What is virtue?
What is Indigenous Psychology?
INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGY is a movement that began after the Second World War but gained momentum by the 1970s due to the rising need for decolonization of psychology and its therapeutic applications. The need for recognizing the socio-cultural context was increasingly felt. Many social scientists from different parts of the world had been and still are… Continue reading What is Indigenous Psychology?
How are women represented in Indian Folklores?
A Tamil folktale (A Hair-Breadth Escape) Once upon a time there lived a rich landlord. He was very miserly and difficult, and hence nobody was willing to work for him. Soon he had no labour for tilling his lands or filling up his tanks. One day, a holy man visited the landlord and heard about… Continue reading How are women represented in Indian Folklores?
Being grounded
An Indian Folktale Once a FARMER and a CLEVER MINDED person got together to do farming jointly. They acquired some farmland. The farmer BARRICADED it with hedging and tilled it and PREPARED for sowing. Then went to the clever one and asked about the details of sharing the harvest. The clever one said, “I shall… Continue reading Being grounded
The Location of Paradise
An Indian Folktale “Sir, is there a paradise?” Vraja, the young disciple, asked the Master for the umpteenth time. At last the Master replied with another question, “Must you know?” “Yes, Master, yes!” said the disciple most eagerly. “Well, my first disciple, Hemchandra, is in paradise,” said the Master and then he closed his eyes… Continue reading The Location of Paradise
The One-Straw Millionaire
A Japanese Folktale Chapter 1 Once there was a young man. He was very poor and didn’t seem to have any luck at all. Though he tried his hand at many things and worked hard, he just couldn’t seem to get ahead. Finally he decided to test his luck one last time and went to… Continue reading The One-Straw Millionaire
Changing stories of our life
An Aeshop’s Fable Once a Man and a Lion travelled together through the forest. They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess. As they were disputing, they passed a statue carved in stone, which displayed “a Lion strangled by a Man”. The traveller pointed to it and… Continue reading Changing stories of our life
The silent voice of hands
Human beings have strangely failed to recognize the fact that diversity is the most natural way of life. Not everyone is born in the same way and the same rule will not apply to everyone. But we tend to somehow ignore this easy truth and put our effort into “rectifying” and smoothening out the differences.… Continue reading The silent voice of hands