: Kusha, prince of Kushavati was blessed with immense wisdom and extraordinary talent but he had the ugliest of faces. The beautiful princess Prabhavati was not aware of his ugliness when she married him. Kusha's mother saw to it that the princess never set eyes on her son's face. But when she did, Prabhavati refused to have anything to do with her husband and went away leaving poor Kusha broken-hearted.
: He was from a respectable family, well-educated and a lawyer, yet many Indians thought of him as 'untouchable'. It was up to B.R. Ambedkar to teach his 'depressed' community to fight the injustices that it faced each day. Hard working and wise, he became the icon of the underprivileged. History, however, will remember him as the architect of India's Constitution
: Aruni was willing to give up his life for his Guru, Uttanka cast aside his dreams for his teacher. Young or old, their devotion and obedience were almost superhuman. Luckily, as described in the Mahabharata, the gods looked kindly on them. After all, these young men had earned the right to happiness.
: Ajatashatru is ridden with guilt. What does a king do when, in a moment of misguided ambition, he orders the death of his own father? Ajatashatru wages war on his neighbors with brilliant new machines, expands his realm to make it a powerful empire and founds the new capital city of Pataliputra (modern Patna). But try as he might, he cannot shed his feelings of remorse and sorrow, until Gautama Bauddha shows him the way
: Bhujyu, the prince of Tugra, was shipwrecked and afloat in a treacherous sea. Sage Atri and his sons were doomed to certain death in a deep pit. Both were staunch devotees of the Ashwins, twins deities next in importance to Indra, Agni and Soma. They appealed to them for help and were not disappointed.
: It is tough to be a famous junior and more so when the senior happens to be Akbar, the Mughal-e-Azam. This was the tragedy of Jahangir. It was a personal tragedy in which neither Anarkali not Noor Jahan had any role, though popular stories associate these two women, more than anyone else with Jahangir. Jahangir's love for his father was deep and his admiration vast. Therefore, he could not brook the sense of rejection when he found Akbar, his father, more and more smothered by Akbar, the emperor. The early intimacy between father and son was largely responsible for molding the son's personality and especially his interest in nature. The events described in this book are based on the memoirs of Akbar and Jahangir and other historical records.
: The 13-year-old fought as valiantly as a lion and his proud father dubbed him Tegh Bahadur or Brave Knight of the Sword. But this lad also loved the arts, had studied the sciences and enjoyed spending time in prayer and meditation. Moreover, he was truly selfless and it was this quality that made him such a fitting leader of men, even in his death.
: The story book talks about King Rama, who was handsome, brave, talented, wise and a devoted son and husband - in fact, he was the most perfect of all men. Born to wealth and power, this hero of the Ramayana was remarkably unspoiled by his good fortune. This is because finely distilled in him were the exceptional qualities of his forefathers - Dilipa's single-minded devotion, the warrior skills of Raghu, and the courage and righteousness of the handsome Aja.