India is a land of saints and sages, great men, virtuous and exemplary women. In this land was born a virtuous and lovely woman, Ahalya. Her name is remembered as the foremost among women in beauty, virtuousness and devotion and stands as a towering example in holiness and the capacity to endure hardship in the midst of trials and tribulation of life. Ahalya was the wife of a great and famous sage called Gautama. A saintly woman of the purest conduct, she was vindictively cheated by the cunning Indra, the king of the gods. Gautama knew very well that though his wife’s physical body was apparently tarnished, her pure soul remained untainted, Yet, knowing that penance raises the mortal from the mire of ignorance to the sublime heights of spiritual grandeur, he urged his wife to undergo rigorous discipline and accepted her after her release. Our Next Title : BHADRA KUNDALAKESHA Published by Geeta Kumar for Argus Central Enterprises, 16, Golf Links, New Delhi-110003 and printed by Skylark Printers Press, 11355, Idgah Road, New Delhi-110055: Editor : D. Kumar Art Work : Vasant B. Halbe'D BRAHIMA CREATED THE UNIVERSE, AND IN IT, HE CREATED MEN AND EN, HE GAVE THEM DIFFERENT FORMS AND COLOURS, BUT HE WAS NOT CONTEN- =D. HE IMAGINED A PERSON OF PERFECT CHARACTER AND EXTREME BEAUTY. HIS IMAGI-| WION TOGK SHAPE AND A VERY BEAUTIFUL UTTERLY TENDER GIRL WAS BORN,