P. Raja

Two decades ago, a stranger was found wandering in the premises of the college where I rendered my service as an English teacher. He became

An emperor once ruled a very vast country and yet was not content with what he was blessed. Like Alexander, the Great he prided in

Sometime in the 4th Century B.C. a master was teaching his disciple the art of playing marbles. The game needed just two little balls made

Who in this world is free from the fangs of sorrow? Who in this world is free from the clutches of tension? And who never

“Here this tomb suffices a man for whom the whole world was not sufficient”. This is the inscription found on the tombstone of Alexander the

The royal feast was drawing to a close. Emperor Akbar, who always loved to cut a joke at Birbal’s expense, silently shifted the fruit peels

Parents of today ask a very funny question: “Why should we go for the pleasure of reading when there are several other things around that

The Roman Emperor Agrippa (63-12 B.C.) one day discovered to his dismay that he had a Greek slave who was almost a double for Agrippa.

Every individual is blessed with a great deal of energy. Only one in a thousand or two ever puts it to proper use. Those who

A son lusting for gold expressed his desire to move to far off lands. “Money is not the only thing in life, my dear son,”

Have you ever received a love letter in your life? If ‘no’, then you are a waste on earth. Have you ever sent a love

I do not write these days. I mean I do not write with pen and paper. I do not want to be pooh-poohed again by