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Stories for Children
We invite stories for children written by Indian women staying in India or abroad. The stories must be your own original work and not copied from anywhere and not published elsewhere. The stories should be simple and easy to grasp.
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30 Amazing Facts
I came across some amazing facts, which I thought to share with you, and hope these will be useful to the children. I hope you too will enjoy as much as ...
To her disappointment, when Nimmi saw her other friends going with beautifully packed gifts to Keerthi’...
The Strange Land of Dreams
The sky was overcast since morning. The clouds hung low till they almost kissed Mother Earth's brows nonchalantly. As I looked out of my window I wondered ...
Apoorva's Birthday
The distinguished guests, who were invited for the wedding reception, were gossiping each other about the way in which it was arranged. It was a mismanaged ...
Savithri thought of the plight of her helpless grandparents waiting for her ...
Flying Kites Fun or Disaster
There was a huge crowd gathered in front of ‘Om Shanthi’ a house located on the 3rd lane of Pavanpur, a small town on the bank of river Triveni. It was ...
Little girl Maya was perfectly alright till yesterday. But there was a sudden change in her speech since morning. She had developed stammering, when ...
The Clever Princess
Raju's mother sat beside him to help with his homework. When she was helping him she saw a new eraser in his box. It looked different from the other ...
I am not exactly at daggers drawn with Mr. Briggs, my neighbour, but I don?t like him either. There is something very ...
Kuttappu and His Master
Every one in this house seems to busy, these days. What could be the reason? thought Kuttapu, the 8 year old parrot sitting in the cage at the backyard ...
The Beautiful Peacock
It was a lousy evening on a Sunday. Swetha had cold and mild fever, though she was still ready to play with her friends. As it was drizzling outside, her ...
The Strike
“Why are we so poor?” Suman asked dadi frequently of late.
Somewhat annoyed this time dadi shot back, “Who told you we are poor?”
“We don’t have ...
Shankar's Sons
There was a rich man called Shankar, who lived in a village with his wife and four sons. One day there was an outbreak of cholera, which spread out in ...
Back at home, Kumar couldn't forgive his Master for making him a laughing stock before his classmates. His blood was boiling with ...
Play-Forest Drums V
Play - Forest Drums -Part I Play - Forest Drums -Part II Play - Forest Drums -Part III Play - Forest Drums -Part IV
Play - Forest ...
The Cherry Tree
Tapti came running up to her mother in great excitement: there were so many little flowers in her cherry tree; they looked like little white stars.
She ...
Achu's Bombay Aunty
Since the last two weeks, there was talk in the house about Bombay aunty’s arrival. She was his mother's elder sister who had been in Bombay for over 10 ...
When I returned to Hashimpur, much change had taken place in the village. Usually, every year in summer, we all had ...
Kitchen Garden of Spurti
People gathered in the public meeting held by the Town Municipal Council, Pavanpur were continuously clapping. The reason for this overwhelming enthusiasm ...
It is true that the children are equally intelligent than the adults. This was a fact in case of little girl Bhargavi, who ...
Indian Koel
Little Swetha was playing alone in the backyard of her house. She was feeling lonely and waited for her friends from the neighbor houses to come and play ...
Rashi got up with a jerk. Why was Mischief barking so? That too on a Sunday morning? Hadn’t that Kamala bai taken ...
The New Bicycle
Shashank happily came home from school and rushed to change his clothes. The final exams had at last come to an end. He washed his face and sipped on some ...
Trishna
It was terrible. There was hardly a trickle of water in the taps. Mrs. Chandra could not believe it. Oh dear, what could have happened? She had been ...
“Sarita, it is already 6 pm and you are lying on the bed. Please get up and be ready. There is no point in making further delay to attend first birth ...
Little Boy Lost in the Crowd
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A four year old boy was searching for his parents in the annual fair of Pavanpur, a small town on the bank of river Triveni. He was separated from his ...
The yellow cat is having a merry fest around the Block. He is omnipresent. Wherever I go, he is there. On the park ...
Proverb A Day
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In schools, offices and banks you will find a board ‘Word a day’ and beneath its meaning. It is for the improvement of vocabulary. How many people look ...
The Strange Story of Mr. Briggs - Chapter 4
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On Tuesdays I make it a point to visit the temple in the evening. The temple is situated just outside the Block connected by a stretch of cemented alley ...
Lately, a cat has come to prowl in the vicinity. A dirty yellow cat with black stripes!
The other day I was working ...
Dial E for Emergency
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The cleaning woman Kamala cleaned out the basement and peeped into the rainwater sump. It was 3/4ths full. Madam always wanted it dry. Oh, heck, she would ...