DOCTOR HOSPITALITY

The Soldier Navneet Vats was a soldier who loved his family and country equally. Navneet met his soulmate when he attended a function at a friend's place in the year 1994. Naveneet and Shivani Singh felt a connection at their very first sight. They did not talk to each other, but their eyes spoke a lot in the two and a half hours they spent there. They were not able to meet each other for a couple of months. Shivani and Navneet met each other in another function hosted by another mutual friend. Within the next 4 months they met a couple of times with their common friends. Navneet and Shivani met each other without any friends twice. They realized they have a special connection. When Naveent came to his hometown for the next vacation, he stopped by Shivani's and proposed to her. Navneet had become a Major in the Indian Army. by 1998 they tied the knot. The couple had a happy life. Their first born, Inayath was a blessing for the couple. They were living a dream come true life. N

The bond Sudhama and Lord Srikrishna were great friends. Both of them were good friends since their days at Sandeepani Saints Ashram as disciples. The students were supposed to follow the instructions by the Saint also they were all supposed to help the master's wife by collecting wood for household purposes. The boys were in charge for collecting flowers for Pooja and wood for cooking.  One day it was ekadashi (the day for fasting) the wife of the master had kept two hands full of dry fruits for Sudhama and Lord Srikrishna as they had to go to the forest. Since it was the day of fasting the students were not allowed to go to the street seeking food from the villagers. However another sage walked into Sandeepani's ashram and asked for food. Sandeepani's wife politely replied they have not cooked anything as it is ekadashi and there is no food in her kitchen to spare for the sage. The sage meditated for a moment and with his inner eye he could see the two hand full of dry fr

The helmet costs less than your life On a night Raj was sitting next to his mother and his mother was unable to sleep even at a late hour. Raj slowly asked her if she was in pain. Raj's mother didn't reply. Raj's mother was a very strong woman. She was always happy, she sang for herself while doing the house chores. Raj's mother was an expert in balancing things. His dad was sick, still his mother took care of everything happily. His father passed away and his mother was broken. She cried a lot and held Raj as close as possible and asked him if he would leave her too. Raj promised he will stay with her. Raj's mother wanted to get back things to the old rhythm. She started interfering into Raj's life too much starting from his wake up time till the time he came back home. She was particular about his friends, what he eats, the girl he talks to and everything possible. Raj became annoyed at his mother. Raj was asked to come home early; he didn't listen, he was

A word about Woman This is the story of a six year little girl Prerana. Prerana lived with her parents. She had an uncle who was a regular visitor to her home. While her mother was busy with the household chores, Prerana's uncle who came with chocolates, made her sit on his lap while the little girl ate the chocolate, which went unnoticed by her mother. One day a friend of Prerana saw her sitting on her uncle's lap and she told her about her uncle's actions not being good and that she shouldn't sit on anyone's lap like that. Prerana realized certain things at that moment and she kept herself away from her uncle. She stopped accepting chocolates from him and eventually the uncle stopped visiting.  Prerana's dad passed away when she was only 14. The young teen was forced to work in a coffee shop as a waitress. The world had no mercy even to a young girl. The men visiting the restaurant had their hawk eyes on her. The owner of the dine, a 70 year old man was no dif

The life each wished for Once there lived two farmers in a village. The farmers were friends and they worked really hard. They, more or less had the same share of land in the village and eventually with time, both of them died in the same period.  After their death both the farmers were in their after life. God asked both the farmers the same question. The first farmer was asked: how was his life and how could have God made it better for him. The farmer was so annoyed and disgraced with all the hardship he had in his life. The farmer said he had no luxury, he and his family barely had anything to enjoy. They struggled to manage each day. God kept quiet and asked the farmer what he wanted to become in his next life. The farmer wished to be someone who is unquestioned and who people gave money to. God blessed him and granted his desire.  God approached the other farmer with the same question. The farmer said he was really glad with the life God had given him. The farmer thanked god for e

Motherhood is a blessing Rechu and Ram were married for a very long time. The couple were around 45 years old, without kids and the couple were sad about it. One day Rechu was invited for a kitty party and she reached there a bit early. Her friends had not yet reached but she found another lady waiting in a corner. Rechu being a chatterbox, she quickly made friends with the other lady. The other lady was Sandhya. As their conversation progressed, Sandhya asked Rechu if she was interested to see her daughter. Sandhya showed Rechu the photo of a beautiful 2 year old girl and the little bundle of joy was so adorable. The little girl looked nothing like Sandhya so Rechu had her thoughts. Sandhya quickly asked Rechu how many kids she had. Rechu's eyes quickly filled with tears and Rechu shared her tale. Sandhya held Rechu's hand and told her that Sandhya was 50 when she adopted her daughter and it's never too late.  Rechu found a new ray of hope in her life. Rechu and her husban

The soulmate Meenu and Shyam were recently married and the couple were going through a very hard time in this lock-down period. The young couple discovered that they are on their family way. They were so excited about it.  In no time work from home was implemented and Shyam was home with Meenu and they were happy. The first week of lock-down with work from home option, the couple spent much of their time together. The second week Shyam had his work pressure and he was having a tough time. Shyam's colleagues had lost their jobs and he was so worried about rumors that Shyam might lose his job as well.  Meenu being pregnant had her mood swings. Meenu was doing all the house chores by herself and one day she asked Shyam to help her. Shyam yelled at her and said things which actually broke Meenu's heart. Meenu again went back to him in the evening for some love and care but  he didn't pay attention.  After sometime Shyam said he didnt want her and that she can leave if she didnt

A visit from the God himself Once there was a village which was affected by a pandemic. In the midst of the pandemic the villagers had no choice but to evacuate the village but the people had nowhere to go. In this chaos, one of the villagers', Manoj's wife died. The couple had a 4 year old son. One of the villagers advised Manoj that he should go to Puri Jagannath temple and pray for his wife's afterlife so that her soul shall rest in peace. Manoj went to the temple with his son. Manoj wanted to buy some flowers to offer in the temple. Manoj asked the boy to stand in the shade of a shop while he was buying things from another shop. The shopkeeper where the kid was standing got annoyed as Manoj was buying things from another shop. The shopkeeper shouted at Manoj and asked him to take the kid from his shop's shade. Manoj took the boy and told the shopkeeper that God is watching everything.  On that day the shop had zero business. Later the boy was really hungry. Manoj tr

Don't take your  parents for granted Raghu was a family man who was married to a nice woman and they had two kids. Raghu's parents were nice people as well. All of a sudden Raghu's mother passed away. Raghu and his father eventually had disagreements on many things and one day the argument raised really high and Raghu spoke about how much his wife suffered because of his dad. As Raghu's dad was home, his wife had to do all the house chores by herself, she had to remain in a traditional attire which caused her a lot of discomfort. She had to follow the tradition and all the rituals of the family, she was unable to live a modern life as per her wish. So Raghu wanted his dad to move out of the house to the garage.  Raghu's dad, at his age, the old man didn't want another argument over it and so he did as he was asked by his son. Raghu's father moved to the garage and a few days passed by. Raghu's dad rang the doorbell and Raghu thought he was going to have

The stones never found It was a family reunion after a very long time. Appetizing aroma of the food filled the mansion and everyone in the family were enjoying its flavor of the biryani. The biryani took a long time to be prepared. The family members waited so long and eventually their appetite peaked as well. Finally the biryani was served and as soon as the family members started their feast, the chef told aloud to be careful while eating the biryani. A member of the family asked the reason for it. The chef said there were stones among the rice and he removed the stones as much as he could and he didn't want anyone to eat a stone and ruin the taste of the meal. The family members who were talking, shouting and having fun quickly turned quiet and they were all focused on the stones which they may get. Everyone ate the biryani slowly and they were not really enjoying the moment, not really enjoying the taste of the meal they were having. After some time they were all done with thei

A glass of water to restart Once there was a man working as a clerk in a Bank and always had a busy day. He used to get angry upon seeing too many people asking too many questions. He met different kind of people everyday. He was always annoyed. As usual, once, on a busy day he was annoyed at the customers. He showed his annoyance to all the customers verbally.  There was an old lady who submitted the form, the form was filled with a lot of mistakes and the clerk shouted at the lady. A man from the queue brought a glass of cool water from the cooler to the clerk and asked the clerk to drink it as he was talking to everyone. The clerk was surprised for a moment and he drank the water. The clerk was relaxed and his anger melted somehow. The day ended.  The customer who bought the water for the clerk and the clerk himself went back to their respective homes. As soon as he reached his home, the clerk realised that things were different when he was calm.   After sometime the clerk figured o

Unconditional Love This is the story of Rahul and Ramini. Ramini literally means beautiful. Rahul used to travel by train and sit by the window seat and he longed for a glimpse of Ramini, at her balcony or may be outside her house. When Ramini walked with her high heels on, Rahul's rhythm of Lub-dub was always raised. Ramini always showed up at work in traditional attire. Rahul always knew when she was around. Her jhumka, big bindi, her neatly tied hair, her nose pin of ruby stone, her bangles; It was like a cart procession at the Thanjavur temple. Rahul noticed everything about her. Whenever she passed by Rahul felt like 1000s of violins were played in his head. Rahul used to keep something for her at her desk like chocolates or cards. Once Ramini found a letter among her official file which read as 143 meaning 'I love you'.  Ramini got really annoyed and she shouted in the office that whoever has kept the letter in the official file should have the guts to talk to her fat

Dear Sir, The secret of getting ahead is getting started Once there was a big corporate company in Delhi by NCR. There was a dhaba across the road, run by a man named Raju. The dhaba served very tasty food. There was a manager in a nearby corporate company whose name was Krishnan. Krishnan decided to have his lunch from the dhaba. He wanted to have the signature dish served in the dhaba. Krishna and Raju knew each other for a very long time. Krishnan used to work for another company in the past still he paid random visits to Raju's dhaba since then, so they knew each other well.  While Krishnan was having his meal, he said to Raju that he is doing quite good with his business and Krishnan congratulated Raju for his hardwork and the way he manages the things. Krishnan was really impressed with the progress Raju made in his business. Finally, Krishnan added that Raju is wasting his management skills, if Raju could have invested his efforts in a company Raju can be a manager like him.

Get out of comfort zone Once, there lived a group of vultures in the abundance of a thick forest. The vultures used to fly around in flocks in large groups of 100-150.  One day, they ended up finding an island where they found a lot of food and a very favorable condition to live in. There were a lot of fishes, seagulls, frogs and all that the vultures could imagine. The island was very beautiful as well. The group of vultures got further assured that there is no other animal above them to hunt them down. So all of them desired to stay on the island. The youngsters among the pack were certain that they would stay on the island forever.  A fews passed by, an old vulture observed that the other vultures are slowly losing their skills; they are no longer being challenged to use their potential, they merely fly. The old vulture summoned every other vulture and shared his thoughts. The old vulture said that they all should go back to the forest and hunt their prey and fly up like they used t

Ask when you need a helping hand Once there was a father and son. They were having a good time in the backyard playing and tugging at each other when the father quickly came up with an idea. He wanted the son to help him with gardening. Both the father and the son moved their hands quickly and planted a few plants. Then the father felt his son might not be learning enough, and so he showed the boy a corner of the yard and asked him to clean the area and make it ready to plant a few nice flowering plants.  The boy went there to find big stones which had to be removed. The boy tried, but he couldn't move the stones. He returned to the father and said he couldn't do it. The father said " Do your best and you can do it. "  The boy went back to the stone and he tried harder but still he couldn't do it. He came back to his dad with a sad face. The father said " Try all your tricks and take it up as a challenge and try again ." The boy went back to th

Be Grateful for what you have. Once there was man named Anand. Who was very frustrated with his work. One evening Anand was home, watching television. He had a lot of work pressure of late and so he was always annoyed. Anand had a son, Kannan. He was a fourth grader. Kannan came to Anand while he was watching television and sought help with his homework. Anand scolded him and asked him to do it by himself.  The boy went back to his room. After some time, Anand felt bad for his own actions. He felt, Kannan might have really needed his help. So he went to Kannan's room and found the boy already asleep next to his books. He took the book and read the paragraph written by Kannan. It was about how some things are disliked initially and later on liked deeply.  Kannan had written : ‘Thank you very much for annual exams; we hate it but we love it because of the summer vacation that follows. Thank you very much for all those tasteless, bitter medicines which we don't like at

Gratitude is important Once there was a rich lady who sought assistance from a therapistas she was very disappointed with her life. The therapist looked at the lady and found her well-dressed and well-groomed, it didnt seem like she was having any dearth. The therapist asked the lady to explain. The lady said she had everything but peace of mind. Although she had everything many aspire and dream about, she couldn't find a reason to be happy and satisfied with her life. She wanted to kill herself. The therapist asked the lady to relax in the first place and called on to a housekeeping lady staff who was cleaning the hospital corridor. The housekeeping lady stepped in to the consulting room. The therapist asked her to speak about herself.  The housekeeping lady had lost her husband due to Malaria three months back and she lost her only son in a road accident. She was devastated she wanted to end her life. For months, she didn't feel like speaking to anyone, eating anythin

Ritual Once a Sadhu finished meditation and got up to find a wounded kitten. As he was a very kind man, he took the kitten to his ashram and started taking care of it. The kitten eventually recovered and grew to be a pet to Sadhu. The kitten was a very naughty one, it always play around the sadhu.  The Sadhu began to get distracted from his meditation. So one day, the Sadhu asked one of his followers to tie the kitten to the tree in front of the ashram. The disciple did so without a question. In some time it became a practice that whenever the sadhu started to meditate, the kitten will be tied to the tree. After some time, the Sadhu passed away. The senior-most monk who now became the sadhu, continued to tie the kitten to the tree while he was meditating. The practice continued. Every sadhu followed the ritual of tying the kitten to the tree when they meditated. After sometime the cat died.. The whole ashram was under chaos, thinking and brought a new cat to the ashram to tie

Proud to be an Indian Once two gentlemen were traveling by train. One was Paras, a project head in IT. Paras was not quite happy with the train travel. The other person next to him was a well- built gentleman. Paras was keenly observed by his co-passenger. He was killing time by skimming through some contents on his laptop. The other gentleman enquired if Paras was an IT professional, to which he accepted. The other person praised Paras for being an IT professional for being part of great revenue generation for the country. Paras felt proud about his profession but still remained guarded. The other gentleman asked some  more questions about Paras' profession. Paras told him that he started as a low level associate and he used to do complex coding now, he has been promoted and now he has to get the work done. The other gentleman commented  “now things would be more easy for you.”  Paras said  “it is not like that. Meeting the deadlines, getting the work done within the time fram