Charming Vignettes

Charming Vignettes

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Book Specification

Item Code: NAN962
Author: Surendra Nath Jauhar "Faquir"
Publisher: Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Language: English
Edition: 2004
ISBN: 8188847135
Pages: 136
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.5 inch x 5.5 inch
Weight 180 gm

Book Description

About the Book

Chachaji had a way of recalling events, telling stories and creating a lively and compelling atmosphere; often a little fiction or imagination mingled with facts. But the tale told by him was interesting and often carried a ring of higher truth. He inspired countless people through his unique storytelling art, guiding and leading them towards higher life values-moral and spiritual.

He was influenced by the teachings of several saints and sages and had imbibed the essence of Indian culture. He had a huge store of experiences which he freely offered to all for their benefit.

His observant eye missed nothing, he had a genius for spotting the unusual, the exceptional and the droll, and he found the right words to invoke the odd fact that had caught his eye.

This book includes a variety of interesting stories and other writings that came from Chachaji' s pen-reminiscences, allegories or simple observations. They may be vignettes on profound truths or just funny jottings and titbits-but all readable.

About the Author

Surendra Nath Jauhar: Born August 13, 1903 at village Vahalee, Distt. Jhelum (now in Pakistan), resident of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, New Delhi. Education at D.A.V. College and National College, Lahore; member D.C.C. (1939); member P.C.C. (1934-47); took part in the Civil Disobedience Movement (1930) and the Quit India Movement (1942); defied Martial Law Regulations (1919) and suffered beatings and forced marches under the British Sergeants. In 1930, organised boycott of foreign cloth throughout the "Katras" of Chandni Chowk; November 14, 1930 read the Congress Independence Day Resolution at the Clock Tower; arrested and tried for six different counts; sentenced to nine months' R. 1.and Six months' R. 1. in the Central Jail Multan; tortured in Jail and released in 1931 on account of Gandhi-Irwin Pact; in 1942; went underground and worked with Shrimati Aruna Asaf Ali and Shri Jugal Kishore Khanna; arrested on September 17, 1942 after fierce fighting at the point of pistol; dragged along with his wife in Connaught Circus followed by thousands of people; in the scuffle, the Magistrate on Duty ordered to shoot him dead, escaped providentially; tried under various counts for about two years and acquitted on May 6, 1944.

Contents

1 Food for my 'Horse' 1
2 Happiness 4
3 Rat, Cat and Dog 6
4 The Secret of True Happiness 8
5 Foolish 10
6 Three Sadhus 12
7 Haughty Maharaja 15
8 Faquiri 15
9 Sheikh Sadi 17
10 Basket of Rubbish 18
11 Property - Money - Riches 19
12 Revenue and Taxes 21
13 Darkness 23
14 Donkey 24
15 Monkey 25
16 The Stolen Horse - an Allegory 28
17 The Next Leap 29
18 Faquir Answers... 30
19 The Call 31
20 Pig 32
21 Angry Man 33
22 God 34
23 I Have Rubbed Shoulders with my Destiny 35
24 Banks of the Stream 37
25 The Little Swiss 39
26 Italian Coffee 41
27 Coffee 41
28 Fear of Flight 42
29 Tablets 44
30 Water 45
31 Wrestling Match 46
32 How Sweet! 47
33 Son 49
34 Confidence 49
35 Shave 51
36 Vegetarianism 52
37 Trees 52
38 Sadhana and Tapasya 53
39 Mercy 54
40 Message 55
41 Contrasts 56
42 Storm 59
43 Grace of the Divine and... 60
44 Grace 61
45 Curse: The Lost Herb: Sanjeevani Booti 62
46 General Manager 65
47 Charan Das 'The Thief' 77
48 Handcuffs: The Price for Nobility 86
49 Blessed are the Cursed 93
50 Charcoal 97
51 Mysterious Servant 101
52 Mistake 107
53 A Legend and a Symbol 112
54 Blotting Paper 117
55 The Saviour Must Share the Pain 123

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