Indian Epics

Dear Diary, I am a Queen or I used to be. If you could even call me that, I am or was at this point in my life the first wife married to King Pandu more like King Pale one. I am not the favorite wife but the second Madri. King Pandu is always Madri this and Madri that. I hope my boys never treat their wives like Pandu treats me. Little does the lovely King Pandu know that he has never had an heir. I can’t believe those two left me with all the children! Like it is not my fault he shot the sages in deer form and then got himself exiled. All those years in solitude and he never thought when he saw Madri again why have I been casted out all of those years. But no, he just ran to Madri like an idiot but you know what they say you can’t fix stupid. And that had to be the stupidest move. Then here comes the melodramatic Madri talking about her heart and how she could not bare to live in a world without him. Like Madri do you not remember the children? Everyone else viewed it as a noble ...

Bhima and Rama seem very similar to me there could possibly be a storyline where they are swamped sort of like a parent trap theme and only kunti and sita would be able to tell them apart and notice the difference between the two. Or even doing a story were they parallel each other and show their similarities between their adventures seeing as they both travel with their brothers. Now Draupadi would be an interesting tale to retell because like mentioned having 5 husbands is very uncommon and how praying 5 times landed her with five husbands. I guess you could kind of spin it to where Shiva was bored and wanted to be ‘extra’ in a sense and grant her wishes exactly as asked. I think also making a story about how specific the curses are that they call people by name in their curses they can break them would be a great way to tell a story. Also in these stories they seem to fall in love at a glance I think incorporating a god of love story into these tells and how he/she is always making ...

I think a nice little spin on Sita and Rama story when he wins her at the tournament would be having Bhishma also compete but fighting against Rama and then having another king intervene and saying that he had 3 daughters that he can have instead of Sita. I could also use elements of the contest mentioned in this story for more levels ending at a final brawl for Sita kind of like an Olympic games of love. I kind it kind of sad that Pandu had a favorite wife and it was constantly mentioned and I think it would be a great story line for Kunti to be able to have a view of what it was like to be the least favorite wife and her trying to do her duty but constantly being pushed aside until the very end. I think making a storybook on the Pandava brothers adventures would be neat and making up wild tales as if they were bedtimes stories. I think you could also do a who am I type of story with the boy whose mother sent him away in the river and make the story sound similar to Moses and at the...

The second half of this comic book gave me a lot of Romeo and Juliet vibes. Then it gave me Rapunzel vibes when she was taken from Rama with the golden deer story. I also think that maybe Rama and Sita were't meant to be together if she was constantly being banished or leaving. Also if you want to make a lite heart story  you could tell of the story when Rama first became a father after he got custody of the twins and his journey of becoming a father and learning the joys of fatherhood and have him praying to Sita often to ask how she did and get guidance. I could also use elements of the Yama story and create a tale of how Rama traveled and talked to death about getting Sita back. I could also do a story from death's point of view that would more than likely a more comical stand point focusing on the battle to get Sita back from Ravana. It would go something like a biography and him talking about how he is constantly working and people are always trying to get a 'refund...

I enjoyed the comic book that I read Sita. For my story book I was thinking of doing creation stories so Sita being in the earth and how she got there would be a great spin that you could put so many spins on.   Also another good thing about this story is I could do a showman ship of champions that are trying to win Sita’s hand in marriage with the bow being lifted.   I could make it into a whole event kind of like in brave when she fought for her own hand. I could start off by showing Sita lifting the bow and then having the contestants come after her and have more then just the lifting of the bow. Another good thing to draw from this comic book is the time Rama had the throne stolen for him and going from the brother’s point of view and how he felt betrayed by his own mother and then going out on an adventure to find his brother and the consequences the mother face and then having Rama tell his brother that it is not their mothers fault but she was doing what destiny h...

I am of the Earth. Cold and Gray. I am Stone. That's strange you say. I was not always like this. I'll tell you how I became to be. Originally my name is Ahalya. I was beautiful and I had human body. I mean Ariel would have been jealous because I had legs and used to walk on land. Now I am just a stone wanting for Rama to graze me with his foot.   Ahalya Released from the curse Source: Flickr If you haven't caught on by now I was cursed. You may say its my fault but how am I supposed to distinguish a god from my husband.   Truly I should not be punished for being tricked but I can't really change much now can I since I am a stone. Why did I have to be so beautiful. I thought my husband Gautam was trying spice up the relationship and take me out but at alas it was Indra. Oh, that trickster I knew something was wrong when my husband went to bathe and came back so sudden. Maybe it is my fault. But I was so enthralled by the idea th...

I really like the articles. I am one of those people that if I am not immediately good at anything I get discouraged and am like this is not worth my time. Like in this class I am no ones story teller like at all so I think I get a little anxious when I look at the class work and try to hold it off as long as possible. But I think trying the REBS method that the "5-second" article mentioned will be great for me cause the moment something goes south for me I am hands off but if I can break down the assignments into small parts and give myself a reward then I know it want be as bad as I am making myself feel. But I am also not one to congratulate myself for doing this that I am supposed to do, we don't applaud fish for swimming. So why should I applaud myself as a student for doing my work is my rational. In the article of the "Seven Ways" the very first thing it says is to not compare itself to others but that's very hard to do. Especially when they are work...

I think one of the reasons I choose to look into Karma was because everyone talks about Karma but I don't think everyone knows how much bigger Karma is. Than what people usually say it is and it could explain why bad things happen to 'good' people which can really give a story depth to me. I think using Rahu in a creation story would be an interesting take on how night came to be. I love creation stories something about making nothing into something really makes it feel like your own story. I also think this is great because I can add aspects of astrology into the story which is a very hot topic at the moment. Or I could take a completely different route with Rahuketu and his influence on humans. Basically this gives me a lot of material to make a very unique story. In one of the Yama stories it is said that he is the first man to have died and I think it would be an interesting take to see how the gods handle the one of their first human creations and how he became Yam...