What I Learnt From An Unhappy Man

I once knew a man, aged 90. He was always unhappy. The sun was shining – too hot; it was raining – horrible; a cloudy day – what a pity there was no sun. He had an unbelievable talent to find something bad about every single situation. And to make himself even more unhappy. The man had […]

Invisible Monkeys

A homeless Girl was looking for a place to stay. She knocked on the door of an old Man. “May I stay with you?” she asked. The Man looked at the girl and felt pity for her. “You may,” he said, “But with one condition.

Indian Kindness: the Man Who Offered Me Coffee

“It will cost you 2200 rupees, ma’am,” a shopkeeper says. “2200 rupees for an adapter?” I ask once more, and I am not sure whether those are the rupees that worry me or the fact that this comes in the worst time possible: my life in India is unsettled as never before, I am jobless, […]