Stories About Diligence - Character Development Series

Life is a long journey full of challenges and obstacles but to win you have to decide your own destination towards victory. It is not just full of difficulties, it is full of ups and downs of happiness and sadness. Our one step can make a big difference in this journey. Life is a long journey in which we experience the world around us, understand its complexities, learn from our mistakes, improve beyond recognition, grow authentically, help others live better lives. They do this, value the life around them and have great respect for moral worth. The journey of life is full of surprises, challenges, broken hearts, extreme ups and downs, celebrations, special moments and memories that define our experience as a human being. Therefore, we should think well before taking a step forward. It is these events, planned or unexpected, that shape our journeys and define our purpose. The act of traveling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle, I love going on long trips. I st...

Today's women are emerging with strength. Today it is busy in creating its new identity by breaking the chains which were imposed on it in the past centuries. The areas which till yesterday were considered only the domain of men, have also become illuminated in the feminine form. Be it the field of education, sports, governance, administration, art, science, research or every field of society, culture or politics, she has got entry. It has gone ahead in some specific departments. The suffocating boundary walls of the house have now almost been broken. Yesterday's ordinary housewife is today becoming an efficient manager and discharging her responsibilities. There is innovation in this role, there is an aura of creativity. Although this talent was innate in women, it was getting suppressed and melting in the autocratic mentality of the male-dominated society. As soon as this resistance diminished, women's talent began to flourish. Education has brought a lot of qualit...

It is a dark night with thunderous thunder. I find myself waking up in a hut. Things are scattered here and there in the house. As I walk around the house, I begin to realize that it is very small and in dilapidated condition. There is a large living room and a kitchen attached to the door. At the exit of the room, a little far away there was a cattle stable, which stood on four pillars, the roof was made of grass, which was missing, maybe the strong wind would have blown it away. Never before in my life had such fierceness of rain come and maybe it will come sometime in the future, don't know. It was raining heavily that night. It was dark in the village at five o'clock in the evening due to the rain. The clouds were spreading terror by roaming around. The lightning was flickering intermittently. The unpaved roads were filled with water. The thunder of lightning was shaking the hearts of the people sitting in the hut. The streets had taken the form of a river. It was not ...

A couple lives in a small house in a city. The man was working in a company and his wife was a housewife. Both are very happy with their life. With the passage of time they were blessed with a child after two years. Now his life revolves around the child. Time passed and the boy was admitted to the school. But in the meanwhile an accident happened, her husband died in an accident. The woman got very upset due to this sudden incident. Without earning, his financial condition sank into debt. The woman was worried about her son's future. So, instead of going back home; She decided to work for her son and make his future as per her husband's plan. She went in search of work in a nearby colony and asked for a job as she did not want to leave her son alone at home. He got a job in the nearby locality and life came back on track. She was happy with her only son. He worked hard for her education. Her hard work showed results as her son got a job after his studies. Time changed ag...

One late autumn day I had to make a long trip on business. It had rained a lot, and now the wind was very strong and the dry leaves were blowing on the road in the rain. The banks of the river were quite high, and all the fields are filled with water .I reached at the bridge. The bridge was made of wood and raised from the middle so that if the river was full, the water would not overflow the bridge. The river was flowing fast, and he feared it would be a bad night. The meadows were full of water, and the water on the road was halfway up to my knees. Of course I had to wait a long time to reach the city. Since it took me a long time to finish work, I could not leave for home till evening. The wind was very strong at that time, I saw where the big branches were shaking like twigs, and the rattling was terrible and I had never been out in such a stormy day earlier. On my way back it was almost dark by the time I reached the bridge. We were moving along at a good pace, but as soon as my f...

We celebrate festivals as a tradition, but we forget those values of traditions. These days we end the festivals with a good meal, home decoration, cleaning around, etc. But can you think that these are not our traditions, we have modified them according to our comfort. We do not give gifts, but change them from one to the other on this day.   Let us celebrate this Diwali by spreading happiness. Light a lamp of joy in a house that has not even realized it. We should give gifts to those who need them. If we do this, it will be a meaningful Diwali for all of us. See also a day of happiness in the lives of those who see it from afar. Let's erase this line of distance and bring them together, which was drawn by us by mistake.   Diwali is a festival of light. Brighten the life of a homeless child, a shelter is nothing less than a house. Visit their home with gifts and smiles. You should aim to enjoy them. Carry simple toys, sweets and useful items like pens, notebooks, col...

It was summer, I was on the road from Jodhpur to Jaisalmer with my friends. It was night, and Weather was looking happy. We parked our vehicle near a restaurant and after a short walk we sat down to eat. It was a very crowded area, while there were very small flowers stall, other such shops and also a big temple in front of it, Therefore, there is always a crowd in that area.   We ordered food. There was some time to serve our food. My eyes fell on the owner of the restaurant, while a poor man was sitting with folded hands on the ground, the man's eyes were somewhat filled and stung, looking helpless with hunger and thirst. I got up and went to the owner of the restaurant and asked what is it, who is this this and why is he sitting down. The restaurant owner told that he has made this restaurant's hut, it was to be paid tomorrow but it has arrived today.  I liked the nature of the restaurant owner but he did not like the man coming in such a crowd. When I asked the ma...

Undoubtedly, humans are exceptional by virtue that they are the smartest on this planet. Is it the fact, no, many of the animals and birds make this sense fake? In generally, animal make a mistake due to ignorance, but in the case of man, there are lots of mistake which were done by knowing the facts.   A human starts learning by birth, first of all he/ she adopts the signs, then learns mother tongue in a very easy manner without any specially appointed a tutor. The formal education starts at school/ institution. When attains educational qualification then his/ her professional education starts. After this much levels of education, what he behaves, beyond our expectations.  Where as we talks about an animal, it fully depends upon nature. His food, shelter, self security all depends on nature. All they learn to live from nature. That's why they are called wild. Some of the animals are very close to humans in their lives. If they have any owner, they are called pets, re...

Organic produce is getting pricey everyday and everyone wants to eat healthy. You can easily save on expenses by growing vegetables indoors. It’s not as tedious as it sounds, hence, everyone must have a kitchen garden, where you can grow herbs and vegetables you use in everyday cooking.   There was a piece of land near our house, which we developed as a kitchen garden. In this we sowed spinach, carrots, coriander, brinjal, garlic, onions and green chillies, which became quite popular in our neighborhood. Apart from this, we also planted some fruitful plants. It looked so beautiful that many people came to see it.   It was the habitat of our pets. A shed was installed here to prevent sun and rain and an underground water tank, an open tank and a hand pump were also provided, if for any reason the water supply is shut down, then, there should not be any problem for the water.   Most of our time was spent in this piece of land, one of the reasons was that we had...

Agriculture plays an important role in both humans and the economy. Apart from providing food, it also provided employment to all my family members and thus our economic status was very encouraging. The biggest benefit of this is that my mother's complaint also went away, what should I do, I am sitting empty all day. Now, she used to be very happy going to the fields.   Shortage of labor at the time of harvesting has now become a cause for serious concern. Lack of labor during harvesting during this time is not new; Therefore, I used to stay at home while harvesting crops. In this way, the least cost began to benefit significantly, as my family members, who were sitting vacant and all of them would find work in our own fields.  However, we did not grow vegetables in the fields; but some vegetables grow naturally on their own. Wheat and mustard were cultivated in winter. Radish and turnip seeds were also added along with mustard to the fields. Thus, radishes and turnip...

I moved forward on the first step of my life. The sun of our life had risen now and its yellow rays were spreading in our life. Success only exists for those who want to climb to the top with their willpower for years, regardless of any recognition, money, or energy. Everyone shall have the vision to find it. We should make our desire the starting point of our achievement.   My mother used to say I had not thought of this life in my dreams. She used to thanks to “God” for his blessings after lots of struggle in her life. The saying came this way true that “Everyone Salutes the Rising Sun.” The men who did not allow us to stand with them, today they started getting happy and started talking to us.  Two years passed while I was working but I did not see much change in the house. I planned to do farming with my job. To which all the members of the family objected, but somehow I pleased everyone, thus opening up a new source of income besides my regular income. Read More…...

मेरा जीवन   स्वर्ग की मुझे अब चाह नहीं, नर्क की ओर मेरी राह नहीं, जीवन जीने का सपना था, ना कोई जगत में अपना था, अपने दम पर मैं बढ़ आया, ना साथ किसी का था साया, मैं डरा नहीं और झुका नहीं, मैं रुका नहीं और थका नहीं, जीवन थमने का नाम नहीं, और मौत कोई विश्राम नहीं, जब तक हैं जीवन जीता जा, दो घुट सबर के पीता जा, सर उठाकर चलकर देख, अकड़ को तू भूलकर देख, स्वर्ग यही हैं नरक यही हैं, तू क्यों इनसे डरता हैं, माता-पिता की सेवा से बढ़कर, जीवन में और चाह नहीं ।। Read More…  

Today was a festival. This evening was very delightful. Roads were decorated with full of lights and flowers, everything was visible as far as our eyes could see. Cleanliness in the market was also worth seeing. Even once I was also shocked, I had not come to another city by mistake. But the place was somewhat recognizable. Even the garbage place of the crossroads was seemed to be clean, but failed to hide its familiar smell. Which was a witnessed that I am in the city only.  A lot of time had passed since the sun set, so people were running towards their homes. The market was crowded and children were busy playing, which was causing obstruction to traffic. Hence the market was very active but traffic was sluggish. It took an hour to reach home. All the family members were found outside the house, it seemed that they were waiting for me.  I was very happy to see the family and I was surprised on the other side as well.  I asked eagerly, "How all of you are here...