THE EIGHTEENTH CAMEL
Pic.: Azriel D'Souza Y ears ago, when I had decided to do something about my poor English, one of the things I did – and found very effective – was telling a nice story in two tenses… the Present and the Past. Over the years, I have helped hundreds of people, who were earnest about improving their English, with the same method… Yes, write a nice story down in both the tenses… and, then, tell it to someone… Whenever I hear from someone the famous management phrases – ‘Out-of-the-box thinking’ or ‘A win-win solution’, yes, that’s the time, this endearing story comes before me. It makes me realize, that, in life, very problem has a solution if we stand out of our problems and see… THE EIGHTEENTH CAMEL PAST: I n the Arab land, there lived a man who had three sons. He owned seventeen camels which he wanted his three sons to inherit after his death. So, he made a Will before he died. After the death of their father, the sons op...