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Integrity

The Potter and the Hairline Crack

A respected potter who hides a tiny flaw to save one sale learns that what we conceal in haste often breaks in public.

Responsibility

The Lantern at Dawn

A night watchman learns that duty is not proven when everyone is watching, but when no one is.

Honesty

The Mango Seller and the Extra Coin

A mango seller who thinks a missing coin is a small mistake learns that small mistakes are how trust quietly disappears.

Integrity

The Borrowed Measure

A grain seller gains customers with clever measurements, until one old woman asks him to borrow the scale for just one evening.

Honesty

The Mirror in the Market

A traveling glassmaker sells a mirror that only shows the truth — and the village learns that truth is cheaper to buy than to live with.

Honesty

Betaal Pachisi - Story 24 - Dagroo and his dreams

Vikram again controlled Vetala and took him on his shoulder. Vetala started narrating him a story so that they could easily complete the long journey. He however warns him not to...

Honesty

Betaal Pachisi - Story 15 - Lover of Princess

Vikrama tries again to catch vetala. After several attempts he succeeds and starts taking him to the ascetic. Vetala starts narrating him a story so that they can easily complete...

Honesty

Guru Nanak and Sheikh Sajjan

One day Guru Nanak and his companion Mardana came to a town, called Tulambha, now in West Pakistan. On the road leading to the town stood a number of fine, tall houses. The high...

Honesty

Sarvajit and Kabir

A Brahmin named Sarvanand, a great scholar of the Vedas and scriptures had defeated many learned men in debate and so he changed his name from Sarvanand to Sarvajit – ‘the...

Honesty

How Lukmaan proved his innocence

At one time Hazrat Lukmaan, the renowned physician was a slave of a rich man. Though of dark complexion, he was very intelligent. In physique, of course, he was looking weaker...

Honesty

Snow White and Seven Dwarfs

There was a queen. She was the most beautiful lady. She had a magic mirror. Often she used to look in the mirror and ask, ‘Mirror!, Mirror! tell me dear, who is the most beautiful here.’ And the Mirro

Honesty

The Honest Woodcutter

In a village, there lived a poor woodcutter. He used to cut woods from the forest and then sell them in the market. Whatever he used to earn this way, he was fulfilling the...

Honesty

The Feast of 'Malik Bhago'

When Guru Nanak visited Sayyedpur, he stayed for some days with Bhai Lalo, a carpener who earned his bread by hard work and always lived in the will of God.