Indian Epics

(Feedback Cat from icanhascheezburger ) (Feedback Cat from growthmindsetmemes.blogspot.com ) Be a Mirror: Give Readers Feedback That Fosters a Growth Mindset - Gravity Goldberg The main points I took away from this article are the strategies of "be specific" and "make sure it can transfer." If I have learned anything from the writing classes I have taken that function as workshops is that feedback that starts and ends with "I didn't like this specific part," or "This paragraph didn't work for me," are the worst types of feedback a writer can get. Those phrases are not specific and give the write nothing to work on to improve both the specific piece that is being referred to and their craft. Which is where "make sure it can transfer" comes in. Making sure the feedback can transfer is important because it will help the writer with not only the piece they are working on at the moment but future projects as well.  ...

I have been going over ideas in my head and I know that I want to do a storybook rather than a portfolio.  I might retell the Ramayana in a new, unique way. Don't ask me what that new and/or unique way is because I have no idea yet, but I'm working on it. Source:  http://ackguide.blogspot.com/p/ramayana.html Source:  https://www.tatacliq.com/que/ramayana-modern-retelling/ I am leaning more toward this option: I want to take the deities and mythological creatures found in these epics and create a completely new epic of my own. Source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_deities Source: https://spiritualray.com/list-of-hindu-gods-goddesses-their-powers I have also been thinking about taking some of the women from the various stories and making them the heroes or gender flipping the male leads to make them women. Gender flipping always makes for a fun read and fresh look at an old tale. Source:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draupadi So...

People  Dasharatha - ruler of Koshala, father of Rama, of "the solar race," has no sons by any of his 3 wives Janaka - ruler of Mithila and father of Sita  Vashishtha and Vamadeva - family priests to Dasharatha Kaushalya, Kaikeyi, and Sumitra - wives of Dasharatha  Places Koshala - powerful kingdom in Hindustan, ruled by Dasharatha Ayodhya - capital city - richly decorated with towering temples and noble palaces, "full of prosperous and happy people" Mithila - powerful kingdom in Hindustan, ruled by Janaka Sacred acts (I really don't know what else to title it) Aswamedha - ceremony in which a horse is sacrificed in offering to the gods so that Dasharatha might be granted sons - successful and the deities promised that he would have four sons Deities Brahma - a creator god in Hinduism, has 4 faces, creator of the 4 Vedas - one for each of his mouths:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma Vishnu - the "preserver" in the Hindu trin...