Month: September 2022
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Tenali Raman salutes the donkeys
In the court of King Krishnadevaraya was a Royal Guru or teacher named Thathacharya. He was the oldest and the most respected person in the King’s court. While everyone respected Thathacharya, there was one character trait of his they uniformly despised. Every time, Thathacharya came across a person from a particular sect, he would cover…
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Daedalus and Icarus
Daedalus was a master architect who had created a labyrinth was an elaborate maze-like structure that no one could escape from. King Minos of Crete had specifically commissioned the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur, a half-man/half-bull monster, so that the people of Crete could be safe from the Minotaur. Theseus, a legendary Greek hero, gained…
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The Nightingale
Once upon a time in China, there lived an Emperor. The Emperor lived in a beautiful palace made of porcelain. The palace was so expensive, delicate and fragile, that people who visited and touched it had to be very careful. The palace grounds had a garden that was as beautiful as it was huge. So…
Kavi ram 