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  • The Hare and the Tortoise – A Classic Fable of Patience and Perseverance

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    The story of The Hare and the Tortoise teaches a timeless lesson about patience and perseverance. A speedy hare mocks a slow-moving tortoise and challenges him to a race. Confident of an easy win, the hare sprints ahead and takes a nap mid-race. Meanwhile, the tortoise keeps moving steadily without stopping. By the time the hare wakes up, the tortoise is near the finish line and wins the race. The moral: Slow and steady wins the race.

  • Umrao Jaan Ada / امراؤ جان ادا by Mirza Hadi Ruswa

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    Umrao Jaan Ada by Mirza Hadi Ruswa is a classic Urdu novel that tells the fictional memoir of a courtesan and poetess in 19th-century Lucknow. Kidnapped as a child and sold into a kotha (courtesan house), Umrao Jaan grows into a cultured, intelligent, and emotionally complex woman. The novel explores themes of love, loss, identity, and the intricate social fabric of a fading era in Indo-Muslim history.