Luda's Journey Through Indian Epics

 This week I chose to do a writing lab and look into the  Writer's Write  option. This caught my attention because similar to my last week this large webpage has many small articles embedded in it with all different tips and tricks for writers, which I find to be very useful for this course. I am going to be finding some of my favorite mini-articles and summarizing the important and useful points from them Music To Listen To While You Write    This article caught my attention because typically when I am writing I find it very hard to listen to anything, whether it is a tv or even music. I find myself getting distracted and unable to think clearly about what I want to write about. The author goes into depth that it can be very difficult to listen to music that has words in it whilst writing because it can jumble your thought so on the contrary, listening to music such as piano music can stimulate thoughts. Another good point made was that listening to music with ...

 For the reading over Mahabharata, I chose the version written by R.K. Narayan. This version is similar to the one of Ramayana that I read in that it is a shortened modern version of the Indian Epic. I found myself enjoying these versions better because they are easier to follow and comprehend for me. I will be taking notes over some of the most interesting subparts in part B. Part 41. The Pandavas at Indraprastha. Duryodhana is distressed to find out the Pandavas are still alive His father on the other hand cannot find himself to be as angry Bhishma and Vidura encourage Dhritarashtra to make peace Duryodhana finds himself conflicted on how to feel So Dhritarashtra gives the Pandavas a part of his kingdom. The Pandavas build a city called Indraprastha Part 50. Shakuni and Duryodhana. Shakuni suggests to Duryodhana that they can get their revenge on the Pandavas This is done in a game of dice Shakuni was an expert player While Yudhishthira has no experience in the game. Vyasa came t...

For the reading over Mahabharata, I chose the version written by R.K. Narayan. This version is similar to the one of Ramayana that I read in that it is a shortened modern version of the Indian Epic. I found myself enjoying these versions better because they are easier to follow and comprehend for me. I will be taking notes over some of the most interesting subparts in part A. Part 1. Shantanu and Ganga. Shantanu is a king who rules over Hastinapura He fell in love with a woman who he met by the river She agreed to marry him under one condition: that he never questions her actions She proceeds to drown each one of her newborns in the river He began to protest by the eighth child She explained that she was the river Ganga reincarnated By drowning the babies she returns them back to heaven She took the eighth child with her and ran She returned back to. her husband when the child was grown His name is Devavrata, or also known as Bhishma. Part 3. Shantanu and Satyavati. Shantanu then fell ...