TaleTown Multimedia Literature

Insightful story: Mouse Marries A Lioness

Interesting Abstemius sequel to Aesop’s Lion and Mouse fable.

Marriage & alliances between unequal parties don’t last.

“When you stop crying and start doing, the world notices it too. Even enemies begin to respect you. Then help arrives. Your luck turns.”

“When the mule had stopped braying, the villagers noticed the sudden silence. One peeked in to see if the donkey was dead.”

‘Vasudhaev kutumbkam,’ he understood it now, though he had heard it a thousand times before. ‘Mundo Uno - One World’.

अयं बन्धुरयं नेति, गणना लघुचेतसाम् | उदार चरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् ||

'Discrimination, saying ‘this one is a relative; that other is a stranger’, is for the small-minded. For the magnanimous, the entire world is one family.'

Inspiring Story: Murugan - The Padman

Arunachalam Muruganantham revolutionized menstrual health for poor Indian rural women with his low-cost sanitary pad maker

"But Ma, a million dollars is a lot of money," Josh objected, "it won't even come in an envelope?"

"Yes, it will." Rosh came to her aid, "In May 2009, there were still 336 USD 10,000 notes in circulation."

Insightful Story: My Vivid God

With translation and meanings of Punjabi Song ‘Sahib De Rang Neyare’

A grateful heart is happy, as it overflows with wonderment.

Insightful Parenting Story: Nails In The Tree

Anger hurts, but you can choose to not get angry.

An angry boy learns anger management by driving nails in a tree

Nainital nostalgia overtakes Rosh, as he remembers flirting with a girl while holidaying in Nainital.

His friend Shank had guided the novice lover into romance.

Neither Friend Nor Foe - Insightful story with English translation of lyrics & meanings of

- ‘Koi dost hai na raqeeb hai’ sung by Jagjit Singh, and

- Its reprisal ‘Na suboot hai’, sung by Sachin Limaye

“Never anger your nurse,” Isha jokes with Rosh, when he fumes at her leaving Isha unattended & bleeding in the night following Josh’s forceps delivery.

"Nimbu Basmati is quick and easy to make yet it turns out looking alluring, smelling heavenly and tasting delicious. It combines Basmati fragrance with lime and lemony flavors and we flare up its presentation using golden glows of turmeric."

"So it uses mostly ingredients that you already know about."

Ocean In A Drop: Philosophical Story On Shankaracharya’s Nirvishesh Advait

Why does boundless Brahm bind itself in an earthly form?

Why be the ocean in a drop?

He plucked an arrow from the quiver, placed it on the bow, and pulled the string.

"What do you see when you aim?" Dron asked him when he was ready to release his arrow.

Insightful Story: Outlook 2017

Rosh reflects on technological progress in varied sectors from transportation to health to decide future family investment

"Other deductions can still be made, even if the employee will receive less than 60% of their net pay. So, the net pay could be zero, and it could still be legal."

"Maybe", she pondered, "but would it be ethical?"

"Ethics is a matter of opinion", he responded, "Commerce or Countries don't run on opinion".

"If she picks the black pebble, she would marry me and your debt would be forgiven."

"If she picks the white one, she need not marry me but your debt would still be forgiven.”

"The US National Institute on Drug Abuse says that ultimately you get small balls because your body is so worried about making muscles, it forgets about your nuts."

"So you get these huge muscles, but a TINY little package. Which will probably make the girls just laugh at you instead of being impressed."

Funny Story: Permission To Drive Car

How to say No to your kids?

Retold Bible joke about a minister’s son who was told to get a haircut to drive his father’s car.

"This Lassi is great as a digestif, a starter, a small meal, a quick meal, and for when you don't want to cook a meal."

"It is also just what you need in those hungry moments, when you can't be bothered to eat, much less cook."

But he just smiled at her, and when he was certain he had her attention, asked, "How heavy is my glass?"

“What?” she was baffled.