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Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves - 13

What could Marjina do to save Alibaba's household?

Throw boiling water on hidden bandits? Burn barrels?

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Hosh explains degrees of burns to prove why pouring boiling water on all robbers together won’t kill them?

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Super-heated oil, water or sand were deadly thermal weapons in ancient warfare.

Could Marjina use these?

Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves - 16

Marjina brews a deadly cocktail for her guests using oil & weeds.

Hosh reveals why she chose to use these...

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Marjina executes her daring plan.

Hosh explains how burns can kill or affect health and how to treat them.

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Alibaba went to the Hammam completely unaware of the silent executioner working stealthily in his house.

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Alibaba gratefully gifts Marjina her freedom, and sets about disposing the 37 corpses quickly & quietly.

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The Captain's pain morphed into anger.

Anger became blind hate. Hate gave him the purpose of his life.

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Thirst for vengeance rejuvenates the Captain.

He rides back to the city to discover more about his enemy

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Impostor Khwaja Hasan comes to Alibaba's party but won't eat their salt.

Like Marjina, Josh wonders why?

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Marjina investigates their enigmatic guest & performs a dazzling sword belly dance

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Dance ends in murder. Murder leads to discovery. Discovery to marriage.

But why didn’t Marjina feel scared?

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Alibaba goes to the secret cave when thieves make no more moves.

What he finds, changes his life forever.

Insightful Story: All Roads Lead To Rome

Abraham bought his lucky ticket at Mecca.

But can the holy places - Vaticans, Varanasis or Vagharshapats help one attain God?

Isha teaches how to cook Aloo Jira, cumin spiced fried potatoes.

Eaten as delicious nibbles or mains with yoghurt.

Quick, simple & healthy Indian cooking recipe

Dronacharya (Teacher Dron) taught archery equally to all his students, yet Arjun excelled the others in mastering it.

The seed which falls in a rich and ready soil bears the greatest fruits.

Anger Management Story: Angry Buddha

Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shows how anger dissipates not from paying it lip service, but by mindfulness of it.

"Animals also have some special dietary needs," Josh agreed, "You can't feed your goldfish chicken bones."

"The bone is probably bigger than the fish anyway!" Rosh joked, "And you can't get your dog to eat grass clippings".

"I don't think I could handle any more stammering animals, pet," Isha smiled down at him, "One's enough in this household."

"And by the way, animals do stammer!"

"Senior Management is happy as it believes the workforce has become efficient, customers are happy because they believe the company is delivering value for money, and workers won't squeal because they need jobs. Whoever bells the cat, won't be making any friends. So, I guess for the moment, we have a stalemate."

"As long as he pretends that you are getting a fair wage", she responded, "you can pretend you're working hard. Outlast him."