Indian Short Stories: A Window to Our Morals

By jack stellon

These short stories are fascinating and still have many people who are interested in reading them with an aim of getting the right information that may benefit them. Others may find it good for entertainment purposes. The Indian short stories are going through challenging times as a result of the presence of huge volumes of entertainment that has been brought about by the internet.

But one interesting thing is that Indian short stories can be downloaded with ease given that you have internet connection. Anyone can download them since there are very many sites that host them. You can make use of your downloaded stories over and over again as you can save it and read offline. You can choose from the different varieties of short stories that are available as they cover a wider variety of areas. There are a variety of other good materials that has a lot of information that can make it a great experience for you at all times.

It's a fact that Indian short stories are still the darling of many young people. Those who argue that it went with the older generation not understand the real facts. Many young people the world over would like to learn about these old Indian short stories. The youth of the Indian origin have also found it wise to ensure that they learn about these short stories as that's where the root of their morals stands.

The appetite for Indian short stories is as strong as never before. Children are finding it easy to download their favorite stories from the net without much help. The sites that host them are user friendly and by following the simple prompts, you can download the short stories with ease! With many children getting computer savvy, they can take advantage and get whatever king of an Indian story that they feel like they need.

Reading Indian short stories from the internet is the perfect thing for those who cannot get an elder to tell them about these stories. The demands of  current live makes it so hard d to get the right person who can take you through these but  courtesy of the internet, you can take advantage and learn more of the ancient Indian culture that  is rich in moral lessons.

The characters that are mainly used in Indian short stories are animals but if you make a close look, you will notice that the themes relate to common life. It's all about what people do on every day basis. You will be surprised to note that these short stories are rich in cultural content that' can be used well by the young people.

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Halloween's True Story

By David Merkel

Just few people know about the entire story of its origins. In this article, I will tell the real true story of  Halloween.

The story of Halloween story begins over 2,000 years ago in one area that today comprises the United Kingdom, Ireland, and a section of France where a group of people known as Celts celebrated Samhain on November 1 - their New Year. This celebration also denoted the commencement of Winter with its cold and blackness coupled with the termination of Summer and its warmth and sunshine. The Winter season in their belief was related to death and, most importantly for us, the night before Samhain - the separations between the living and the dead became intermingled.

Crops were burned and animals were sacrificed to their Gods over huge bonfires that were built by their clergy - the Druids. Animal skins and heads were utilized as costumes as their Priests forecast the futures of the individual Celts. The Druid prophecies were looked upon as a source of solace in the coming desolate months of Winter. At the end of the evening of celebration - the Celts lit their small torches, took them home, and used them to light their fires that would last through the entire Winter season. It was on the night of October 31st that they believed the dead might return to damage the community food supply and create havoc. After the Romans conquered the Celtic territories they combined two of their festivals with Samhain. One commemorated those that had passed away and the other was related to a celebration of fruits and trees. The focused fruit of this festival was the apple which explains the custom of 'bobbing' for apples to this day.

In the first millennium AD...the Pope of the day, Boniface IV decreed that November 1st would be known as All Saints Day in honor of all martyrs and saints. It is today understood that this designation was an attempt to replace the Celtic celebration with one that was sanctioned by the Church. It is not so well-known that the Mid-English translation of All Saints Day was All-Hallows or All-Hallowmas..??

Moving toward the middle of the 20th century - Halloween found itself in a revived mode due to the baby boom of the 40s and trick-or-treating realized a huge resurgence which helped create a brand new North American tradition. It is estimated that more than $6 Billion is spent annually on this holiday ranking it second in importance of all holidays - only behind Christmas in importance and the all-important....retail revenues.

Traditions play heavily when celebrating Halloween. Those that wear costumes are giving respect to its European and Celtic roots while our Native Americans believe in evil spirits and the descendants of African slaves adhere to the tradition of black magic. The British wear nuts as charms to ward off the Devil who was believed to be a nut gatherer and the Welsh believed that if you sneezed on that day you blew your soul out of your body. We must not forget the belief that children born on this day can visualize and carry on conversations with a wide variety of supernatural beings.

In closing it deserves to be noted that our celebration of Halloween has invented new traditions in costuming and donations of money. The costumes are showing a resurgence of traditional types known as vintage plus those of movie stars, pop art performers, athletes and politicians. It appears as if the door-to-door approach is becoming the venue of younger children who are accompanied by one parent, at minimum. The older youths tend to gravitate to house parties or costume parties where prizes reward them for their costuming efforts.

This is the story of Halloween as it has been written in many, many publications that are found online or in your local public library. I trust that I have done a credible job in assembling it for you and that it is easily understandable for everyone.

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