Introduction
My dear Son,
In the east, it is customary for a father to earn wealth as much as possible, lead a frugal living, and enrich their children’s future. Whether they need it or not, people earn and save wealth for the bright future of their generation next.
It is also believed that most valuable of the asset, typically the parents leave for their children, is the stories with which the children lead a good life.
I am presenting here some of the stories that I heard from my father along with a few other stories that I read. They may be relevant to the current times.
Most problems are because of our not being conscious of some basic truths. They are called, in short, knowledge. Men of knowledge explain that, all our problems can be traced to the fact that we live with our wrong knowledge.
Some of our serious problems could be traced to our society which is aping the west mindlessly. That too, selectively even the west does not cherish.
For generations, our grandmas brought- up and supplemented the education of the children with stories of valour, kindness and knowledge.
I am doing just that, so that you and people of your age derive immense benefit from the lesson received by us.
Note: It is possible that, you might have read or heard some of the stories. It is also possible you might have experienced some of the situations found in the stories or narrations.
The intention of writing this book is not meant for telling just some stories. For all that you might have heard or read some of the stories, from one of the several sources. The objective is to link these stories to certain themes, so that the themes gets into your mind and internalized. Any internalized knowledge will help you in appropriate life situations, through subconscious acts.
Affectionately
N NATARAJAN