Stories Retold – Page 6 – Dr Ramakanta's Ideas

Toba Tek Singh

This story by Saadat Hasan Manto is said to be the most powerful satire on the Idea of Partition of India and Pakistan. BBC has included it in its 100 stories that shaped our world. along with legends like Shakespeare, Kafka and Virginia Woolf. “A classic short story that translates the trauma of partition throughContinue reading “Toba Tek Singh”

The dream

In Zhuang Zi there lived an ancient philosopher. His name was Zhuang Tzu. Zhuang Tzu once dreamed that he was a butterfly, flitting and fluttering around, happy, and doing as he pleased. Of course, as a butterfly, he did not know that he was Zhuang Tzu. All of a sudden, he awoke and foundContinue reading “The dream”

Subhadrangi’s Dilemma

Von Recklinghausen Neurofibromatosis is a disease characterized by pebbles under the skin. It is present since birth. The little boy was crying. His eyes were red. Every time there was a family get-together, all the kids in the house would gather and enjoy, the little boy would be depressed. Their father, the great emperor wouldContinue reading “Subhadrangi’s Dilemma”

Milk of Human Kindness

Retold One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found that he had only one dime left, and he was hungry. In desperation, he had been ready to give up and quit study. He decided he would ask for a meal at the nextContinue reading “Milk of Human Kindness”

The Fall of Constantinople

Constantinople [ Constantinople is a city of 3000 years. In the first one thousand years of its existence, ( 600 BC – 400AD) it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and was known as the Byzantium. In its second thousand years ( 400 AD to 1400 AD) it remained the capital of the EasternContinue reading “The Fall of Constantinople”