TopicsandGenres:

1.TheMonkeysGoFastingretoldbyMeeraNair(FolkTale)
2."StoryWater"byMevlnaJalluddnRumi(Poem)
3.HowtheMoonLostItsLightbyUnknown(ShortStory)
4."RainyDay,inabus..."byBeenaJohn(Poem)
5."HowYouMadeMyStarsHush"byDr.UpmaA.Sharma(Poem)
6."OnTheEveOfHistoricDandiMarch"byMahatmaGandhi(Speech)

Summaries:
"StoryWater"byMevlnaJalluddnRumi(Poem):
http://www.mesacc.edu/~thoqh49081/handouts/rumi.html
InStoryWater,theauthorisusingtheanalogyofwaterinabathbeinglikea
story.InIndiabathingisverysacred.ForaslongasIndianculturehasbeenaround,
peoplehavebeenbathing.Theybathinriversduringspecialtimesandcertainfestivals.
Theauthorissayingthatwecantreallyhaveanywayofknowingwhatthefutureis
goingtoholdforus.Withstorieswecancatchaglimpseofwhatthefuturewillbelike.
Shethengoesontosayhowthereisntjustonewaythatwecangetfull.StoryWater
saysthatanotherwaytogetfullisbysomethingthatisassimpleashavinga
conversationwithsomeone.Overall,thispoemisabouttryingtofindthebeautifulthings
inyoureverydaylife.

"HowYouMadeMyStarsHush"byDr.UpmaA.Sharma
http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/how_you_made_my_stars_hush_650328
InHowYouMadeMyStarsHush,theauthoristalkingaboutwhentheyfirstmet
thepersonthattheynowlovetoday.Sheusesdifferentwaystotalkabouthowthelove
thatshehadforthispersonandhowithashelpedhersomuch.Shedescribesallofthe
problemsthatshehadbeforeshebecameinlovewiththepersonorgodandthatnow
thattheyareinlove,therearenomoreproblemsinherlife.Everythingisgoinggreatfor
herandshecouldntbemorehappy.HowYouMadeMyStarsHushrelatestothe
IndianculturebecauseinHinduism,thereisagodwhopersonifieslove,passionand
caring,andhisnameisKamadeva.KamadevasaysthatweshouldnotonlyloveGod
butalsoourselfandeveryoneelse.TheHindureligionexpresseshowimportantloveis
inallaspectsofourlife.

"OnTheEveOfHistoricDandiMarch"byMahatmaGandhi
http://www.gandhimanibhavan.org/gandhicomesalive/speech4.htm
InOnTheEveOfHistoricDandiMarch,isaspeechthatwasgivenbyMahatma
GandhiduringamovementinIndiacalledtheSaltMarch.Gandhiandthousandsof
otherIndianshadmarchedtoprotesttheBritishRuleinIndia.Thiswasoneofhisfinal
speechesanditwasabouthowtheyneededtokeepfightingnomatterwhat.Healso
gavespecialinstructionsonwhattodowhenhewasgonetocertainpeople.This
speechisaverybigpartofIndiashistorybecauseseventeenyearslaterIndiawas

granteditsindependence.SomeoftheculturalaspectsofIndiahavecomefrom
EnglandandifIndianevergainedIndependence,thantheirculturewouldbemoreand
morelikethecultureinEngland.

Essay:
"OnTheEveOfHistoricDandiMarch"byMahatmaGandhiisoneofthemost
importantspeechesthatGandhievergave.ThisspeechwaspivotalforIndia's
independenceoverEnglandbecausethiswasGandhi'slastspeechandhewasgiving
outdirectionstopeople.17YearslaterIndiaweregrantedtheirindependencefrom
England.Gandhi'sspeechisoneofthebiggestreasonswhyIndiaweregranted
independencebecauseheralliedhispeopletokeepfightingforwhattheybelievedin.
Gandhi'sspeechrelatestoIndianculturebecausealotofwhatIndiahasinits
culturehascomefromIndianCulture.But,ifGandhiwouldn'thavemadethisspeech
thanthecultureofIndiawouldbeevenmorelikeoralmosttheexactofEngland
becausetheyneverwouldhavegainedindependence.Ontheeveofthehistoricdandi
marchalsorelatestoIndianculturebecausetherehavebeenapartofthemodern
culturebecauserecentlytherearemoreandmoremoviesthatarebeingmadeabout
Gandhiandhisspeechesincludingthisone.

GandhithroughoutallofhisspeecheshasmadeanimpactonIndianculture.With
thisspeech,henotonlyliftedthespiritsofhisfellowIndians,butalsounsettledthe
British.Thiswasoneofhislastspeechesbecauseafterthishewasarrested.Ifhe
wouldn'thavegiventhisspeechthanIndiamightnotbethesamecountryasweknow
today.Forallweknowitcould'vebeenjustanothercountrywiththesamecultureas
England.Sincethisspeechwasmade,Indiawasnotonlyit'sowncountry,butalsohad
it'sownculture.

AuthorBio:
MahatmaGandhiwasbornintoamerchantcastefamilyinIndiainOctober2th1869.
HethenwentontogototraininlawattheInnerTemple,London.Gandhiled
nationwidecampaignsforeasingpoverty,women'srights,buildingreligiousandethnic
amity,butaboveallforachieving
Swaraj
orselfrule.Gandhiwasmostfamousfor
leadingtheIndiansinchallengingtheBritishimposedsalttaxwiththe(250mi)Dandi
SaltMarchin1930,andlateronincallingfortheBritishtoQuitIndiain1942.Gandhi
wasimprisonedformanyyears,uponmanyoccasions,inSouthAfricamostlybecause
hewasleadinggroupsofpeopletofightforindependenceintheformofspeechesand
protests.Helivedinamodestselfsufficientresidentialcommunityandworethe
traditionalIndiandhotiandshawl,wovenwithyarnhandspunonacharkha.Heate
vegetarianfoodthatwassimple,andalsotookpartinlongfastsbecauseofboth
selfpurificationandsocialprotest.NathuramGodse,aHindunationalist,assassinated
Gandhion30Januaryin1948whenheshotthreebulletsintohischestatpointblank
range.