Luda's Journey Through Indian Epics

 Although we have been trained to receive negative feedback or criticism, on the flip side there is something known as positive feedback. This is something that people often struggle with or may not even know how to correctly use. Sometimes even if we know what positive feedback is, we use it incorrectly. We try to overcompensate by praising (which is not a bad thing) we forget to give the specific details of what is needed to be fixed. I often find myself having this problem because I get scared that my feedback will be taken in a harsh way. I found two articles that really stood out to me and they were  Be a Mirror  and  How to Provide Great Feedback When You’re Not In Charge . The first article caught my attention simply by the title and I was interested to learn what exactly the article meant by the mirror. After reading the article I really liked how the author mentioned that our positive feedback should be like a mirror in terms that we want the reflect back on...

 The storybook that I want to further look into is  Goddess of Contagion . This storybook has stood out to me since the very beginning. One of the many reasons why I believe it has held my attention is because I am studying to hopefully one day become a doctor so with everything going on right now and a goddess who can help cure people is super intriguing to me. I also love how the author took a traditional story and turned it into a story that is very applicable to today's world. This story circles around the goddess Amman who is known as the goddess of rain or the goddess of contagion. This storybook focuses on taking these traditional gods and goddesses and transforming them into people form. I really like this because sometimes it can be hard for people to keep track of who each god/goddess is and what they stand for and sometimes simplifying it can make the story much easier to follow. The interesting thing about this goddess is that she is able to cure illness but also i...

After being shunned away to the forest Sita and Rama had experienced nothing but warmth and beautiful weather. Today though would be unlike no other. They had built a beautiful and very large tent-like structure that almost made them feel as though it could be a home. Every night before falling asleep Rama would make fire not only to keep warm during the chilly nights but also to scare away any vicious creatures that would approach. This was no ordinary fire, it was a magical "safe" fire that would kill anyone who tried to cross it, and then it would burn out. When he would wake up and the fire was still lit he knew no one approached but if it was out then someone tried to cross and attack them. On this interesting morning, Rama had not felt the warmth of the fire but instead found himself to be shivering uncontrollably. Quickly Sita and Rama rushed out to see what was happening outside and to their surprise, they were surrounded by a terrible ice storm. They quickly found th...

 Summary of  Tiny Tales 51-100           68.  LAKSHMANA CHASES A BOAR Lakshmana had tracked a wild boar through the woods he tried to strike the boar but in fact, missed he accidentally cut off the head of an ascetic, who was silently meditating Lakshmana cried for what he did then Indra appeared Indra informed Lakshmana that the ascetic was meditating to gain the power to destroy Indra Indra used the boar to lure Lakshmana to in fact kill the ascetic then Indra disappears           70.   SITA AND RAMA WANDER THE FOREST one day sita and Rama traveled from camp it was a very hot day Rama offered to carry Sita Sweat dripped from both of them on the ground They noticed from their sweat saplings had grown The saplings continued to grow and they noticed they began to bore fruit Sita's were green fruits and Rama's were red fruit They called them Sita-fruit and Rama-fruit These fruits continue to grow in India...

 Summary of  Tiny Tales 1-50 Ravana is Born Vishrava loved knowledge and Gods His wife Kaikasi loved gold and blood Dashagriva their first son had ten heads and ten pairs of arms (later called Ravana) they later had three more children: two boys, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana, and a girl, Shurpanakha.           2. RAVANA PETITIONS BRAHMA Dashagriva petitioned the god Brahma he fasted and prayed for 10,000 years cut off many heads Brahma granted Dashagriva's wish and gave his immortal nectar          4.    RAVANA CONFRONTS SHIVA Dashagriva was riding by Mount Kailasha Nandi, Shiva's bull tried to get him out DASHAGRIVA lifted a mountain with his 20 arms Shiva laughed and crushed the mountain with his big toe DASHAGRIVA was trapped underneath Shiva named DASHAGRIVA Ravana           8.  SHURPANAKHA AND MANDODARI Ravana's wife Mandodari was a vegetarian his sister Shurpanakha was a ca...