Stories About Diligence - Character Development Series

Years ago a man named "Hathi" was living my neighboring village. He was very strong in physical. There were no public transport that time nor do the people have money to afford.  One day "Hathi" went to see some of his relatives around twenty miles away. While coming back to home he saw a heavy stone used for mixing & grinding home construction material. He planned to carry it to his village. So he lifted it on his shoulder and brought to his village. Near to his house there was a Panchyat Ghar. Lot of aged people sit there in the evening for "Hooka." When he was passing through they called him asked for "Hooka." Saying that he is coming from a long distance and have some water and rest. Tomorrow will place it at the right place. Hathi urged them to place the stone at the right place but they stopped him doing so. That stone remained there. In 1985 Government launched a scheme to lay down stone in the streets of the villages. Then this stone...

The monthly wage of my mother was rupee three hundred at that time. It was offered by a group of thirty people. I had to collect the money from them. Many of them were not giving in time. For ten rupee I had to them for several times, two third of them were paying after almost two or three months later. Then it became very difficult to tell them when they had paid last. One day one gentlemen among them had asked me to make a list and hand over to him saying “I will collect from everyone and hand over to me” I was very assured on his saying. But after few days he turned back and told me that he could not arrange time to meet every one and hand over the list to me with some money. He also assured me if someone is asking to come again then he will pay for him. Then I understood the saying “Going through the motions of blabbing about your goals is much different than putting that first foot forward and stepping towards your goals.” The power is in the doing, not in the talking. Read M...

When I was in the 7th grade, my two younger brothers also started going to school, which resulted increase in our spending. I was not in favor of making them realize our poverty. Thus I searched for the new source of income in addition to my mother's wages.  Honestly hard work has shown its color and we took back our farm which my uncle had as a hostage. Waking up early in the morning milking the pets, feeding them and distributing newspapers was my morning routine. Then on my way to school, I had to leave the milk container at the shops at my bus stand.  After school straight to home and feed my brothers then making arrangement to feed pet animals in my house. Then visit our fields to bring grass for my pets and cutting it with "Gandasa” for the next day. In evening milking the pets. Thus I had no time to meet any of my school mate. During this busy schedule I was so tired that usually I miss my dinner and go to sleep and later it became my habit. Read More... Cont’d जब...

Many 10-year-olds love to run, bicycle, skate, and play sports. They may enjoy team sports or individual activities. They follow their favorite sports teams and know all the details of their favorite TV programs. Poverty has changed a great deal in my life and extending into adulthood.  I had forgotten to play with my friends but every time thing something better for my home. But one good thing happen, in my high school I met with a benevolent teacher named “Mr. Sher Singh”. He was very kind hearted man and helped me a lot by providing Stationery, text books and school fee and uniform. My school was in the same village as my mother was working. So during school time in my free periods I used to go to help my mother is her fatigue. Apart from this, along with my studies, I started the work of distributing newspapers and milk. So that I can provide some monetary help to my family. Read More... Cont’d कई 10 साल के बच्चे दौड़ना, साइकिल चलाना, स्केट करना और खेल खेलना पसंद करते हैं...

A happy poor boy named Prashant that he had to conquer his life from the problems he had to face on. As he find out as what will he do to his family to become rise from the poor.  You will find out that poor is not a curse to us, it gives us lessons to us about life and real friends don't choose you, they feel you in the heart. Education  gives us a knowledge of the world around us and changes it into something better.  It develops in us a perspective of looking at life. It helps us build opinions and have points of view on things in life. People debate over the subject of whether education is the only thing that gives knowledge. Yes, education is the key to success: Education makes us aware of knowledge, skills, ethics that has been there in the world which we learn as it helps us to progress and develops further. No doubt that to be successful hard work is must but without education, it will not yield any results. Read More... Cont’d प्रशांत नाम के एक खुशहाल व ग...

     Now my responsibilities were more because besides study I had to  look after my mother also. But due to sickness of my mother we got lot of sympathy in my village but not the co-operation as we need at that time.     People denied for help in any kind as the sole earning member in my house (my mother) is sick, so who will refund their debts. So in this condition my mother again started work in the neighboring village.     That was a turning point of our destiny as she met a kind woman and also very rich named “ Sarbati Devi ”. She assured her to help any extent. But my mother had denied for her help and requested her to help in getting some work.     She urged my mother to open a water hut in that village. Thus our life again came on track. But how to get rid of Debts is is still a question? Read More... Cont’d      अब मेरी ज़िम्मेदारियाँ अधिक थीं क्योंकि अध्ययन के अलावा मुझे अपनी माँ की भी देखरेख करनी थी। लेकिन म...

Time was going well as my mother opened a vegetable shop in my house. Now he had to go out of the house for wages. But time had decided something else. After every good effort, time had left us in the same darkness of despair. When I was in class three, knife hit leg of my mother, while she was cutting vegetables, Rainy season caused her leg to become infected. Due to lack of money, she could not be treated in time and his condition became very critical. When my mother's parents came to know about this, they admitted my mother to the hospital, she undergone immediate surgery on her leg and was admitted to the hospital for three months. So we all had to live in maternal grandparents home. After a complete recovery in six months, we returned to our village (battle field). Read More...   Cont’d समय अच्छा चल रहा था क्योंकि मेरी माँ ने मेरे घर में सब्जी की दुकान खोली थी। अब उसे मजदूरी के लिए घर से बाहर जाना पड़ता। लेकिन समय ने कुछ और तय कर लिया था। हर अच्छे प्रयासों के बाद समय ने ...

My mind was deeply influenced by the hard work and honesty of his mother, as well as by the society. Thus, he became very close to his mother. He had an elder and two younger brothers and an older sister. At the age of six I started helping my mother in her house hold work. Whenever I had time from school I reached to my mother. So that she ca ould have some rest. My mother was very happy and always asked me to concentrate on studies. But I felt happy by helping my mother in all her work, so that she will get some rest. My elder sister and brother were living with my maternal grandparents to look after them. Read More... Cont’d मेरा दिमाग मेरी माँ की मेहनत और ईमानदारी के साथ- साथ समाज के उग्र रूप से प्रभावित हुआ था। इस प्रकार, वह अपनी माँ के बहुत करीब आ गया । उसका एक बड़ा और दो छोटे भाई और एक बड़ी बहन थीं ।  छह साल की उम्र में उसने अपनी मां के काम में मदद करना शुरू कर दिया। जब भी स्कूल से छुट्टी होती वह अपनी माँ के पास पहुँच जाता। इस तरह उसकी माँ को थोड़ा आराम मिल जाता।  ...

My father was a very "cool person", but my mother was very hardworking and self-supporting and lived happily even in poverty. Although my mother was from a good family, she never asked for any help from them. She was the eldest child of her parents.  He had four brothers and a sister. Amidst all this she had only such luck. One of his brothers was serving in the bank, his other brother was a professor and the third in the Indian Navy. Her sister married a man who was a Marine engineer and worked in the Merchant Navy.  My mother was very proud, she was determined to make the future of her children with her hard work, rather than taking care of anyone. In this way, he pledged to build his destiny with his hard work. She was not educated, so she labored and raised us.   Read More... Cont’d मेरे पिता बहुत ही "मनमौजी" थे, लेकिन मेरी माँ बहुत ही मेहनती और स्वावलम्बी थी और गरीबी को ख़ुशी से जीती थी। हालाँकि उनकी माँ एक अच्छे परिवार से थीं लेकिन उन्होंने कभ...

He was unaware of the facts of life i.e. what is prosperity and poverty, when he was admitted to a government school at the age of five. By the grace of God he was very keen to learn and became the pride of the school. His mother was very hardworking.  When he entered class II, he slowly realized that we are not all the same. Due to his passion in studies, the distance between his classmates and society was also deepened.  It is now revealed that he is very poor, because people usually said that a boy who has nothing, is very excellent in school and a boy from a rich family is not responding as average. Read More... Cont’d वह जीवन के तथ्यों से अनभिज्ञ था यानी समृद्धि और गरीबी क्या होती है, जब उसे पांच साल की उम्र में सरकारी स्कूल में दाखिला कराया गया । ईश्वर की कृपा से वह सीखने के लिए बहुत उत्सुक था और स्कूल का गौरव बन गया। उनकी माँ बहुत मेहनती थीं।  जब उन्होंने कक्षा दूसरी में प्रवेश किया, तब धीरे-धीरे उन्हें पता चला कि हम सभी समान नहीं हैं। अध्ययन में उनके जुन...