Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part B

I really enjoyed this reading, more than any of the others we have had this semester. The dice game was something that I was very intrigued by. I really like gambling and seeing it in an epic was kind of surprising but I liked the story. Shakuni playing dice at Duryodhana's place and Yudhishthira loses everything he owns. I think this story is something that could be altered in many different ways to write my story later this week. One thing I may change is the names of the characters because the originals are very confusing and hard to read. I am excited that that something I can relate to has been included in the epics and I think centering a story around this will be fun.

Bibliography: Mahabharata by R. K. Narayan (Link)

Shakuni playing dice game (Source)

Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part A

I found this reading very interesting and I think I am going to like this epic more than the Ramayana. There were a ton of characters introduced and that may be kind of hard to keep straight. One part of this story that had me very interested was Bhima killing a rakshasa and then the sister of the rakshasa falling in love with Bhima. Everyone is surprised that Bhima won. I think that will be something I could turn into a great story and there are a lot of different ways that story could go.

Bibliography: Mahabharata by R. K. Narayan (Link)

A painting from the Mahabharata (Source)