TO THE CITY IN A MINUTE Once, a cat thought of going to the city to see its lifestyle. But first she wanted to know how much time it will take to reach the city. She thought of calling the elephant as only he could tell that how long it will take to reach the city as he often goes there. She called the elephant and started enquiring. Just then the elephant received a call on another line. The elephant said to the cat, Just a minute. The cat put down the receiver and thought that it would take a minute to reach the city.

Emperor Akbar was in the habit of putting riddles and puzzles to his courtiers. He often asked questions which were strange and witty. It took much wisdom to answer these questions. Once he asked a very strange question. The courtiers were dumb folded by his question. Akbar glanced at his courtiers. As he looked, one by one the heads began to hang low in search of an answer. It was at this moment that Birbal entered the courtyard. Birbal who knew the nature of the emperor quickly grasped the situation and asked, "May I know the question so that I can try for an answer". Akbar said, ... read more

Birbals Wisdom One fine day, Akbar lost his ring. When Birbal arrived in the court, Akbar told him "I have lost my ring. My father had given it to me as a gift. Please help me find it.” Birbal said ”do not worry your Majesty, I will find your ring right now.” He said, ”Your Majesty the ring is here in this court itself, it is with one of the courtier. The courtier who has a straw in his beard has your ring.” The courtier who had the emperors ring was shocked and immediately moved his hand over his beard. Birbal noticed this act of the courtier. He immediately pointed towards the cour ... read more

THE LOVE TEST One day, two colleagues Henry and Peter were having their lunch. Just then Henry started having hiccups. When Peter asked him the reason, he replied that it was due to his wife's love. When his wife missed him a lot, he had loud hiccups. Peter thought how lucky Henry was to have such a loving wife. He hurried back to his house and started scolding his wife for not missing him. Then he narrated to her the whole matter. His wife understood where the problem was. Next day, she mixed a lot of chilli powder in the lunch. When Peter sat down to eat, he had hiccups. He thought, Oh d ... read more

Tenali Rama and the Brinjal Curry Sri Krishna Devaraya was the emperor of Vizayanagra. He had eight advisors. Tenali Rama was one among them. He was very clever and spontaneous. Sri Krishna Devaraya had some special kind of brinjal plants in his garden. The brinjal was very rare kind and curry made out of it was very tasty which was loved by the emperor. As it was a rare kind, thegarden was very guarded and no one was allowed to view the plants without the emperor’s permission. Once the emperor had arranged dinner for his advisors and the brinjal curry was served. Tenali Rama had enjoye ... read more