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A parable is a short story that illustrates a moral attitude, or a religious principle. Stories, by and large, fall into three categories: Temporal, spiritual and psychological. Secular stories, or tales, embody secular (temporal) literature, while the spiritual literature encompasses socio-religious and didactic tales. And then there are psychological stories. The Hindi equivalent of literature is sahitya. Sahitya is of two types: Swanta sukhaiy, and Parjan Hitaiy. Swanta sukhaiy is the sahitya, qua literature, that is produced for self-delight, self- pleasure and self- satisfaction, while parjan hitaiy sahitya has wider connotations; it affects the manners and morals, and is prone to bring about a salubrious transformation in human conduct and idiosyncrasies. Parables, that is the didactic literature, falls in this category. Therefore, efforts have been made to Include parables, and other didactic stories, in this book: they will, willy-nilly, refine the sensibilities of the people at large.
Dr. C.D. Verma
Dr C. D. VERMA is a former Associate Professor and Head, Department of English, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi. During his long teaching career, he has written a number of books. His books, The Reverberations of Gita in World Literature, The Exile Hero and the Reintegrating Vision, W.H.Auden: Selected Poems, Look Back in Anger, and Mrs. Dalloway, have been widely acclaimed. His latest books include The Sermons in Stones, Something to Crow About, Know the Seers of India, Renowned Sages of Ancient India, The Story Time, Recalling Epic Tales from Ramayana and Mahabharata: these books have been published by Amazon (Notion Press).
