Indian Epics Blog

  Kacha and Devayani Kacha went to be trained by the guru  Shukracharya in order to learn the Sanjivani Mantra, which would allow those to revive themselves from the dead. While there, he met Shukracharya's daughter Devayani. Devayani was determined to marry Kacha as soon as he finished his education. This made others jealous, as they desired Devayani. One evening, Kacha did not return home from watching the cattle graze. Devayani was distraught at his disappearance and begged her father to go with her to find him using his powers. He eventually found Kacha dead in the forest and realized the other students had killed him. He revived Kacha with his powers for his daughter. The other students, however, killed him again in the forest. Devayani's father once again revived him out of love for his daughter. In order to try and trick Shukracharya to not revive Kacha, the students killed Kacha again and then cremated him. They mixed his ashes with Shukracharya's wine so that whe...

The City of Lights Note: This is a continuation from Week 7: The Game of Dice  I had been in Las Vegas for about a week now and I still couldn't shake off the experience I had witnessed at the Crystal Palace. Where did the King and Mr. D go? What happened to Mr. Pandava and his wife Padi? I yearned to find out, but I didn't want to be caught up in any of their business. I was walking down the street with the neon lights reflecting off of my shoes and glasses. I looked around at the scene: people drinking, gambling, going to shows. Everything seemed normal, except..not. Perhaps it was just me, but I felt a tension in the air. It was as if all of Las Vegas had seen the duel between Mr. Pandava and Mr. D and was holding their breath.  I continued walking when I noticed I was being followed. A man in a black suit with black sunglasses kept about six feet back from me, but he turned every time I turned, stopped any time I stopped, and kept his eyes on me. I began to look around and...

  Kumbhakarna: The Sleeping Giant Kumbhakarna is the brother of the evil Ravana, who was holding Sita captive. Kumbhakarna was so mighty that he was even able to defeat Indra in battle. Later on, Brahma awards the three brothers, Ravana, Kumbhakarna, and Vibhishana, wishes. Indra, who was still angry about losing and feared Kumbhakarna becoming stronger, wanted Kumbhakarna to make a foolish wish. Kumbhakarna does make a foolish wish, which causes him to go into a deep slumber. When Rama comes to reclaim Sita, he defeats Ravana. Angry, Ravana demands that his brother Kumbhakarna is woken from his slumber. Waking him up was very dangerous, as he was very hungry!  When Kumbhakarna awoke, he took out many soldiers in Rama's army. Fearing for the rest of his army, Rama goes and challenges Kumbhakarna himself. While he was a strong opponent, Rama was able to defeat Kumbhakarna. Bibliography: Kumbhakarna: The Sleeping Giant by Amar Chitra Katha

  Sugriva Challenges Vali Comic One: Vali Vali is the mighty king of Kishkindha. While he was king, there was an evil rakshasa named Dundubhi that roamed across the earth. Dundubhi was very malicious and would go and terrify parts of the world, such as the Ocean. One day, he decided to go terrify Himavan, also known as the Himalayas. When Dundubhi approached Himavan, Himavan told him that Vali would be a mighty opponent for Dundubhi. Thus, Dundubhi turned into a water buffalo and traveled to Kishkinha to see this king for himself. Vali defeated Dundubhi easily and tossed his dead carcass on Rishyamuka mountain and for this he was cursed. If he ever stepped foot on that mountain, he would immediately die. When Dundubhi's son, Mayavi, heard of his father's death, he went to challenge Vali. Mayavi runs into a cave and Vali follows him while Sugriva, Vali's brother, remained outside. Days pass and then Sugriva heard a loud roar and blood flowing out of the cave. Sugriva feared ...

  Madison, WI: Wikimedia Commons I am very happy with my progress so far. I have completed all weekly tasks as well as a few extra credit assignments, so I am ahead overall. I generally stick to a weekly routine, but sometimes my lab work changes my schedule. However, this has not really brought any stress to me, as I do not mind working on this class! So far, my favorite part of the class has been the Storybook project. I really enjoy the topic I have chosen and love writing the stories for it. As of now, there is not really anything major I want to change. I would love to improve my story writing, such as adding in more dialogue and imagery. I might play around with my Website to make it "prettier" at some point, but I still think it looks nice. I chose this image of Madison, WI as my motivation to push for the end of the semester. I did this because I am moving there in May! My husband and I love the area and cannot wait for the beginning of our lives there. We have actual...

  Feedback Overall, I believe my feedback is generally helpful. Sometimes the comments are just nice, but that is also motivational! The best feedback in my opinion has been when people question my writing. I do not find this offensive, I just find it as a challenge to become better! I have been trying to leave nice comments that also have at least one tip or question. I believe these type of comments are the best because you learn from it as well as feel good about your writing! I have definitely gotten ideas from other people, such as incorporating more dialogue into my stories. This has helped make my stories much more intriguing.  I am for sure getting to know people and am beginning to recognize people's names. I have actually recognized some people from other classes as well as extracurricular activities. I am happy with my blog, as I feel like it really captures me. I did have to update it because I am moving somewhere else now than when I originally wrote the post! The...

  Lakshmi and her Owl My favorite reading so far has definitely been The Ramayana . I really enjoyed the entire story as well as all of the characters. The love between Rama and Sita was captivating, especially since he spends the latter of the story searching for her all over the world. Overall, I am pretty happy with my Blog as well as my Storybook. I am really excited to write the rest of my Storybook, as I have planned out my next two stories. Writing these have definitely helped me with utilizing dialogue as well as incorporating imagery. I wrote my Lakshmi and her Owl story on my Storybook, and I really enjoyed how it turned out. I think I was able to create a better story since my reading notes were excellent for remembering certain aspects of the book. I think as I progress in the class, I want to get even better at using dialogue. I believe it really adds to the story and will help the reader truly imagine the story I am telling.