Tag Archives: Human Behaviour Stories for Students

A Misfortune: Anton Chekhov – Sofya Petrovna, the wife of Lubyantsev the notary, a handsome young woman of five-and-twenty, was walking slowly along a track that had been cleared in the wood, with Ilyin, a lawyer who was spending the summer in the neighbourhood. It was five o’clock in the evening. Feathery-white masses of cloud stood overhead; patches of bright …

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 …

The story of the birth of Lord Hanuman goes thus: Vrihaspati had an attendant called Punjikasthala, who was cursed to assume the form of a female monkey – a curse that could only be nullified if she would give birth to an incarnation of Lord Shiva. Reborn as Anjana, she performed intense austerities to please Shiva, who finally granted her …

होली वाला बर्थडे: होली वाले दिन “मेरा हैप्पी बर्थडे है…” कहते हुए सात साल का गोलू सारे घर के कमरों में घूम रहा था। घर के सभी सदस्य होली के तैयारियों में व्यस्त थे इसलिए कोई भी उसकी बात पर ध्यान नहीं दे रहा था। थक हार कर वह अपनी माँ को सब जगह देखते हुए राजू भैया के कमरे …

चाचा जी की होली: होली के त्योहार पर नटखट बाल-कहानी शांतनु की शैतानी के किस्से पूरे मोहल्ले में मशहूर थे। अगर किसी के घर की खिड़की का काँच टूटा हो तो देखने वाले को तुरंत समझ में आ जाता था कि बॉल ज़रूर शांतनु की होगी। अगर किसी के घर की कोई डोरबेल बजा कर भाग जाता था तो भी …

“इस बार होली खेलने के लिए मैं तुम्हारे घर ही आ जाउंगी” सिमी ने राहुल से कहा। “हाँ, तुम्हारी छत बहुत बड़ी है। यहाँ से हमें आधा शहर तो यूँ ही दिख जाता है” मंजुल ने मुस्कुराते हुए कहा। “मैं तो गुलाबी रंग का गुलाल लगाउंगी। मुझे गुलाबी रंग बहुत पसंद है” सलोनी ने खुश होते हुए कहा। “कभी शीशे …

बिल्लू हमेशा की तरह अपनी किताब पकड़े हुए बगीचे में बैठा हुआ था पर उसकी नज़रें आसमान में उड़ती हुई लाल पतंग पर टिकी हुई थी। मम्मी जो कि पास ही बैठी गुलाब के पौधों की कटाई-छंटाई कर रही थी उसे बीच बीच में देख लेती थी। वह मन ही मन बहुत खुश हो रही थी कि करीब एक घंटा …

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 …

Dadima’s Stick: The first thing Govind and I noticed as Dadima (paternal grand-mother) came out through the glass doors of the Bombay airport in a wheelchair was the stick in her hand. Dadima had gone to Dubai for a short stay with Gopal Chacha (father’s younger brother). A week later, she had had a fall, and her artificial left hip …

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 …