Tag Archives: Helplessness Stories for Children

ईमानदारी का सबक: गिरधारी चाचा हमारे विद्यालय की बगल में ही चाट-पकौड़ी का ठेला लगाते थे जिस पर वह गर्मा-गर्म पूरियां, छोले, गोलगप्पे और चाट बेचते जिनकी प्रसिद्धि बहुत दूर-दूर तक थी। वह सुबह उठकर ठेला लगाते थे। उनके ठेला लगाने भर की बस देर होती, ग्राहक उन्हें चीटियों की मानिद घेर लेते। हमारे स्कूल के नजदीक ही बस स्टैंड …

Adventures Of A Magic Turtle: English Short Story – One winter afternoon, a little boy sat below a ‘neem‘ tree, next to a river. He was returning from school, and carried a large bag on his back. He looked very sad. And as he sat staring at the water, big fat tears started dripping from his eyes creating little round …

पितृ दिवस पर कहानी: बाबूजी – जब ईश्वर जरुरत से ज्यादा झोली में गिर देता हैं तो वह भी मनुष्य के लिए अहंकार और पतन का कारण बन जाता हैं। ऐसा ही कुछ हुआ चाँदनी के साथ… सभ्य, सुशील और बेहद महत्वकांशी चाँदनी को जब महात्मा गाँधी के आदर्शों पर जीवन पर्यन्त चलने वाले ईमानदार और अकेले बाबूजी ने उसे …

Terror: My Friend’s Story – Anton Chekhov: DMITRI PETROVITCH SILIN had taken his degree and entered the government service in Petersburg, but at thirty he gave up his post and went in for agriculture. His farming was fairly successful, and yet it always seemed to me that he was not in his proper place, and that he would do well …

गुल्लक: कानू चाचा ठेले पर इमली की लाल चटनी बेचा करते थे। उनके ठेले पर कच्चे आम के टुकड़े भी बिकते, जिसमें लाल मिर्च डाल कर कानू चाचा हमें देते थे। उस समय आज की तरह चीजें महंगी नहीं हुआ करती थीं। चवन्नी या अठन्नी ही हमें रोज घर से मिला करती थी। कानू चाचा पुराने पीपल के पेड़ के …

Human Robot: A cunning smile played on his lips as Prem Chopra stared at the glaring neon sign – Super Robots Plaza. Now he would be able to buy an accomplice, he thought, as he crossed the busy street towards the store. Surely an adequate investment of his latest loot. And Super Robots were, by far, the best and the …

Spirit of Diwali: Chandan put his hands on his ears trying to shut off the sounds. It was Diwali night. The entire city was lit up. Fire crackers were exploding everywhere. Chandan was lying on a dirty wooden bench in one corner of a dhaba in which he worked, trying to shut off the world and sleep. Diwali – the …

A Chase of Cheers: Mr. Lootgia Ram’s car had been stolen. And old Mr. Ram had gone crazy about it. Uncle Samanta had taken up the case. Of late he had been trying his hand at chasing criminals. At sixty-one he was full of enthusiasm in his new interest. “This must be the work of Karchori Lal,” he observed as …

The Bailiff’s Bootsoles: There was a bailiff in Polevaya once called Severyan Kondratych. Eh, what a ruffian he was, what a ruffian! They’d never known the like since there’d been mines and mills there. A hound, he was, and worse. A wild beast. The Bailiff’s Bootsoles: Pavel Bazhov He knew little enough about the work, but when it came to …

A Balloon Seller’s Story – I am sorry – I am a little late in realizing that a new year has already arrived! Like always my priorities were wrong. In the hallucinations and deliriums I began to celebrate the 26th of January before 1st January at Pusa Road, New Delhi. Did you ever come across the word ‘Rain basera‘? No? …