Once upon a time, there was a crow named Kagdo. He was black and beautiful. He lived in Nitali and Nihir’s yard. He ate food scraps from their kitchen and drank water from their bird bath. One day, after a yummy lunch, of salty fries, he got thirsty and went to the bird bath, next … Continue reading The thirsty crow a.k.a. kagdo
https://wp.me/p2DNet-k8 This is a lovely simple story written by a fellow blogger. The theme for it is water. I thought it is a great story to read to children. Enjoy as you read about Water, Water everywhere… Continue reading Tell-It Tuesday: Papa God’s Well
It is the most beautiful sounds, raindrops on the rooftops, making music. Looking out, I see drops of water on the window and a steady pouring of rain from the heavens above, like little jewels dropping on the dry, parched lawn, kissing it, gently caressing it. I smell wet earth, rich brown earth, most sweet … Continue reading Rainy Day Gluten free Bhajia a.k.a Fritters.
Nitali and Nihir are traveling to Arattupuzha for the Pooram with their Ba a.k.a mom and Bapu a.k.a. dad. Both are excited since they would be celebrating the festival with their Malayali a.k.a. from Kerala, India, friends. The Arattupuzha Pooram a.k.a. temple festival, is held at the 3000 year old Sree Sastha temple in Kerala. As … Continue reading The Elephant a.k.a Hathi
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Introduction and Methodology While writing the diary, we have kept in mind to lay down a true, as-it-is account of Jain monks. We do not try to paint a rosy, supra-normal or divine picture as happens mostly while writing about the monks. Rather we will take the liberty to say… Continue reading Health Diary of a Jain Monk
As they delve into the 10 virtues, “The first and most important of the 10 is forgiveness or Uttam Kshama.” “Like when I say sorry to Nihir after taking his things.” quips Nitali. “Partly, Nitali… it is ‘authentic forgiveness’, that is given with humility, and no anger.” replies Ba, patiently. I have a story to … Continue reading Two brothers a.k.a. Bhai
Once upon a time in Hemis National Park, Ladakh, India, lived 2 Brown bears , Chikoo, and Shakar Teti. The 2 brown bears live in a special cave dug in earth that their friend, Rinch a.k.a bear had found for them. It was special indeed, it was under the tall Poplar and colorful Willow trees. It had … Continue reading Maybe 3 bears
Once upon a time, in Nitali and Nihir’s backyard lived a squirrel family. Both the kids were watching the antics of the squirrel while eating their breakfast of theplas. The squirrels are eating a breakfast of acorns and worms. After breakfast, the squirrel pups went off to play pakda pakdi [tag] and santa kukadi [hide and seek] … Continue reading Khiskoli’s adventures: The wind chimes
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