Wisdom Stories

"Enforcing the right-to-die by law puts society on a 'slippery slope' with huge potential for abuse."

"Its interpretation can eventually reach a point where what is allowed would have been unacceptable initially."

Informative Story: Smart Driving

Drive to the conditions. What conditions and how to do it?

Car care, car maintenance & smart driving tips

When soul mates turn into sole mates, nothing is sacrosanct.

Rosh retaliates with naughty women jokes, but Isha finds the retold sexist jokes funny.

“What interested me in Kierkegaard," said Rosh, "was the realization that here was a man 200 years before me, thinking about how belief inherited through custom, tradition or lineage reduced the wonder of faith to a civil duty.”

“Like in post-Upanishadic India, up until recent times, religion here was being practiced by the population out of habit and fear, rather than due to any individual choices made by people about their own lives and destiny.”

"I'll grant you guys a wish each now, before I go," he said to show them his gratitude, "So long as it is reasonable, you can have anything you want. So tell me, what would you like?"

"I've never heard a Jinn put a reasonability condition on wishes before granting them!" the contractor laughed.

Can we learn something from the Syrian Refugee Crisis?

Insightful story on how European Union is working together to provide relief for these tragedies.

Boot them out! Ask them to take their fighting somewhere else where you don't have to hear it.

When they know you're not going to take sides, the fighting often settles down quickly. A pecking order is quickly established.

So lead, follow or get out of the way!

'What do I care about most?' he thought.

And it came to him suddenly, 'I don't want to lose my father.'

"And have you tamed your mind yet, my knowledgable husband?" Isha teased, clearing the dinner table.

He smiled and replied, "No my dear, not yet. I try often, but I always fail."

“So it is the day starting from January 1 in any year, when the average citizen stops working for their Government and starts earning for themselves."

"Because it is a calculated day, it falls on different days in different countries.”

Tax Planning Story: Taxing Questions

How much tax is too much tax?

Josh ponders on Mahesh Das's tax burden.

"Rome ruled that land at the time of Jesus," answered Rosh, "so the Jews lived under Roman law. The Jewish crowd wanted the adulterous woman to be stoned to death according to their law at the time."

"But if they stoned the woman, they would be prosecuted for murder by the Romans. If they didn't stone her to death, they wouldn't be following their own ancient law."

"An eagle was sitting on a tree resting," answered Rosh, remembering an old online joke he'd read, "doing nothing."

"A little rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing?"

"No," said Kabir, "but please give my regards to the Allah of Mecca."

The friend was puzzled.

"Is there a different Allah in Mecca?" he asked.

"Then half he shall have," growled Akbar, "immediately!"

At the snap of his fingers, soldiers rushed out to the gate and hastily hauled the fearful guard back with them.

"What possible good can there be?" he whispered.

"For me? In the destruction of my life's work? My wealth? My confidence?"

Buddhist Story: The Burden

Most burdens we carry, like anger, are burdens of the mind.

Leave them behind to move on...

"Absolutely," the voice confirmed, "I'm telling you man, it's going to be the coldest winter on record."

"How can you be so sure?" the Chief wanted to be positively certain. Even the experts can get it wrong sometimes despite all the technology in use.

‘The Considerate Husband’ is an effort to understand the female mind!

Funny story on how the final 3 wishes of a dying man were interpreted by his loving wife...

“Involuntarily, she returned his smile but kept her peace. She decided to ignore the cookie hustler, hesitatingly munching away at the bikkie.”

“But troubles don’t generally go away when we ignore them. They persist or become bolder, until we can ignore them no more.”