Speaking Tree | September 21, 2020 According to a survey, out of the world’s hundred richest people today, 27 are heirs and 73 are self-made. Of the self-made, 18 have no college degree and 36 are…

In a letter written anonymously to the American Journal of Medicine, a doctor gives a detailed account of a woman patient’s protracted illness when all efforts towards her recovery had failed. He…

The angry man always thinks he can do more than he can. —Albetano, ancient Roman philosopher When a man is intoxicated with alcohol, he is not in control of himself. He may even go so far as to bang…

The Sunday Guardian | September 13, 2015 Mahatma Gandhi was very shy by nature. In his book, "My Experiments with Truth", he confesses that it was a long time before he managed to shake off his…

The Sunday Guardian | August 27, 2016 Richard Allen (b. 1963) is the drummer for the English hard rock band Def Leppard. Since an early age he showed great interest in playing drums. At the age of…

The Sunday Guardian | July 30, 2016 What is religion? The essence of religion is spirituality. Religion is in fact another name for spiritual science. Whereas, other sciences are external in nature…

The Speaking Tree  A Muslim youth of my acquaintance, born in a village and madrasa-educated, can speak two foreign languages fluently – Arabic and English, without ever having studied for a…

The Speaking Tree | November 11, 2014 English poet Alexander Pope wrote, "To err is human; to forgive, divine.'' This saying has now become a well-known proverb. It is a fact that everyone makes…