Luda's Journey Through Indian Epics

 I used this same lab a couple of weeks ago and I really enjoyed the mini advice that was given. Therefore I decided to do this lab once again to look into more advice to not only help other writers but advance my writing skills as well. The Fun Part I found this little bit to be quite important. Sometimes we can find writing to be a little dreadful. It could be because we have no thoughts flowing or because we are writing about something we are uninterested in. On the contrary, looking to find a comfy outfit or cup of hot coffee, or even a spot by a window can make all of these dreadful aspects turn into fun and comfort. It's Never Too Late When writing anything, sometimes we wonder if it is too late to make corrections or even start over. In fact, it is never too late. If something doesn't feel right fix it! Do not continue because your work will most likely not be the best version that it could be. It is never too late to fox something or even click the delete button and sta...

  For these last four weeks of free reading, I chose to read the Sacred Tales of India by D. N. Neogi. I am going to be doing my reading notes over part D today.  The Fatal Oath a Brahman had two sons and a daughter the daughter was married and lived not too far away from her father the father's wife had fallen ill and passed away although the daughter lived close to her family she had not heard about her mother's death she was curious she called her father and found out about the terrible news she cried in grief her sister in law asked her to comb her hair through her tears, she explained that her mother would never make her do such a thing in such times of sorrow she still obeyed and combed her sister in laws hair the sisters bickerred finally, they came to a conclusion that each was right in their own way and swore it upon both of their families and children soon before they knew it both of their families passed they grieved. together the women set out on a path t...

   For these last four weeks of free reading, I chose to read the Sacred Tales of India by D. N. Neogi. I am going to be doing my reading notes over part D today. The Banished Girls a Brahman widower had two daughters the took care of the house by cooking and cleaning From a very young age, they devoted themselves to Lakshmi they didn't have much and they valued the purity of the world much more than riches they prayed to the goddess that she grants their father a new wife with a son so he could carry the family name the goddess did just so, and the next morning he fell in love with a beautiful woman although she was beautiful she had a very spiteful mind once she gave birth to her son, she began to grow a hatred for her stepdaughters she saw them as witches when they prayed to their goddess and would talk her husbands ear off about them it got so bad that the father decided to banish his own two daughters one stormy night as they were sleeping, their father took the...

  For these last four weeks of free reading, I chose to read the Sacred Tales of India by D. N. Neogi. I am going to be doing my reading notes over part D today. The Wife Who Cooked Beef a Brahman had a daughter in law he was having a large feast and asked her to cook a variety of curries one of which was made of tortoise flesh the lady asked her maid to try the curry to see if it was good the maid just so and much more she ended eating everything that was cooked the lady was in great distress for she knew her father in law would never forgive her she and her maid set out to the forest to find any sort of meat the maid found a calf and cut it into three pieces and presented it to her lady without looking at what meat it was, the lady took it and began to cook it the meat would not boil and the lady began to worry she could not even begin to think that this meat was beef she was scared it was some prohibited meat and knew she could not feed it to the men the lady told her ...

  For these last four weeks of free reading, I chose to read the Sacred Tales of India by D. N. Neogi. I am going to be doing my reading notes over part C today. The Sun's Twin Sons This story is about Jokai who was still young at this point and unmarried she was in the brahman caste one day the king needed rice patties, but it was raining all day and they would not dry in time for his ceremony he knew that Jokai had the powers to reach to tell the sun to dry them he called her over one day and asked for her help she said the shine would shine the next day she prayed to the god daily and was fully devoted to him she was worried though that prayer would not suffice and that he would want something more tempting she offered the god herself in return that he would shine the next day he could not resist and agreed he shone oh so bright the next day and loaded Jokai with gifts she was ashamed to be getting married at such a young age so when the god came she hid she would not ...

 I used this same lab a couple of weeks ago and I really enjoyed the mini advice that was given. Therefore I decided to do this lab once again to look into more advice to not only help other writers but advance my writing skills as well. The useless days will add up to something This was one of the first ones that stood out to me because I find this to not only be important in a writer's life but just life in general. This is important to understand because sometimes we go through a day and realize that it was full of meaningless tasks and feel as though the day was a waste of time. Rather than looking at it from this perspective, realizing that everything we do happens for a reason and that it is a stepping stone to important parts of our life will be eye-opening. There are no Rules This quote stood out to me because in society we are bound by rules. Or so we think. Stepping out of our comfort zones and doing what we feel is right and what makes us happy can reflect positively in ...

 For these last four weeks of free reading, I chose to read the Sacred Tales of India by D. N. Neogi. I am going to be doing my reading notes over part B today. The Goddess Who Devoured Elephants Ratnakar Sadhu was a rich merchant who had two wives one of which was Lahana she was always jealous of his other wife so she spoke very illy of her to him it got to the point where he fell for her jealousy and kicked out the other wife she was banished out to a forest where she lived a sad life she yearned for her husband and her old life one day she heard some music and set out to see where it was coming from there were people around praying to a god and she asked them what it was they were doing they explained that this god if you worshipped her she would make any of your wishes her command they began to tell her a story of a huntsman who was on his way home when he was stopped by this goddess she offered him all the wealth in the world if she worshipped her he dropped to his k...

For these last four weeks of free reading, I chose to read the Sacred Tales of India by D. N. Neogi. I am going to be doing my reading notes over part A today. The Divine Brothers: Krisidhan was a farmer and a father to seven sons each son was married one rainy day the seven wives went out for a bath they each spoke what they wanted to do that day each of them went on talking about the beautiful things they could be doing the youngest sat in silence and said nothing she wept to say how they all had fathers and fathers houses to go but she had nothing the only wish that had come true was the youngest wife she took her time in making a wish she wished to have two kol fish without the stroke of any work and so she did she took the fish back home with her but the fish turned out to be serpents once they turned to their true form she was not scared, in fact, she decided to put them in a pot and take care of them one day she was no longer able to feed them food was scarce she let th...

       There once was a girl named Katie. Katie lived with her mom in the state of Texas. She and her mom bickered more often than not. Katie's dad on the other hand had moved away back when she was a baby to London, England to pursue a dental career there. Katie dreamed of living with her father and listening to the mesmerizing accents of all of the locals. The only issue was....Katie's mom would never allow her to move away....especially to a whole other country. As Katie grew older she began to act out more, yearning for her mother's attention. Her mother would think of as many punishments as possible. Taking her phone away, grounding her, and even the thought of sending her to boarding school. Katie feared all of these punishments, but there was one punishment that Katie was not prepared to hear. One day her mom got so angry she yelled "I will send you to live with your father!" In her mind Katie was ecstatic, but she could not let her mother know of that. She...

  For this week's reading, I have chosen to read the Jataka Tales retold by Ellen C. Babbitt. I am going to write up some notes over part B today. The Elephant Girly Face there was a king who had an elephant he named it girly face because it was so kind, good, and gentle one night some robbers came by to the area where girly face slept they spoke of how they were going to break in and kill someone they said that robbers so no mercy or pity and are cruel as girly face heard this he thought that this is the way that he should be acting the next morning when the keeper came to feed girly face he picked him up by his trunk and killed him another keeper came to help and girly face killed him as well no one dared to go by girly face anymore the king knew something was up he found out that girly face was listening to bad men talk he decided to send some good men so that he would overhear them talking and become good once again after he overheard the good men talking about being gentle and...

 For this week's reading, I have chosen to read the Jataka Tales retold by Ellen C. Babbitt. I am going to write up some notes over part A today. How the Turtle Saved his Own Life: A king once made a pond for his children to swim and play in one day he decided to put some fish in the pond as well as a turtle the boys had never seen a turtle and thought it was a demon the boys ran back to their father crying to kill it the king sent out his men to capture this demon they were planning many horrendous ways to kill the turtle one man said to throw it into the lake and then it shall drown once the turtle heard this he questioned why they would ever do such a thing the men at once threw him into the lake the turtle laughed and lived a good life in the water The Merchant of Seri: there was a merchant of Seri who sold brass and tinware there was a second merchant who was very greedy when they would arrive at towns they would split up and sell all they could the greedy merchant passed a ho...