Anthony Hui Indian Epics 996

"They say that when you are dying, your life flashes before your eyes. When I look back, I can't help but laugh. Why does fate hate me so?" Karna's wheel gets stuck Source "Me and you, Arjuna, have the same royal blood flowing through our veins yet because of the caste system I was raised in, I was seen as your inferior. When exactly did the thought of wanting to be your equal consume me?" "If I had to pick, I would say it started with Drona. I don't know if you remember, but I approached Drona to tutor me in warfare as well. He refused me though, all because I was from a lower caste. And then you came along. You were always his favorite. Even though our skills were equal, I was ignored while you were celebrated. That was probably my first realization at how cruel this system was. This point was further driven into me during the swayamwara." "Before I was even able to show off my skills, I was refused simply because of my soci

Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition Yudhishthira didn't know how to stop Bhishma but Krishna revealed that Bhishma cannot kill a woman. So Arjuna goes and finds Sikhandin, who was born a woman and made a male by a yaksha. Bhishma then challenged Arjuna but during the fight, Sikhandin popped up and Bhishma cannot kill a woman so he was fazed and then Arjuna killed him. While Bhishma was dying, he tried to tell Duryodhana and Karna to stop the fighting but they didn't listen to him Karna and Ghatatkocha Source Drona replaces Bhishma and takes command of Duryodhana's armies. He promises to make Yudhishthira his prisoner and Arjuna promises to defend Yudhishthira. Then they banter for a little bit. Drona then creates a battle formation that no one has seen before so Yudhishthira send's Arjuna's 15 yr old son to break the formation. He did but then Jayadratha, a brother in law of the Pandavas, follow him and close off the opening so Arjuna's son e

Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition The brothers and their wives start lives in exile. They at first lamented living in the forest but soon met a bunch of Brahmin and they end up enjoying their time. They would give some of their food to these holy people, visited holy shrines, bathed in holy water, and was instructed in pious works by these holy men. They promised that the brothers would gain their kingdom back. Krishna goes to visit the Pandavas and tries to encourage them but it only makes Draupadi even more upset. Yudhishthira then tries to act all high and mighty with Draupadi by saying that she should forgive him because anger is sinful. Bhima then gets super upset too at how weak Yudhishthira is acting. Arjuna leaves the bros to try and find some weapons for the Pandavas when they inevitably confront Duryodhana and company. While away, a boar rushes Arjuna so he shoots it but another huntsman also shot the boar at the same time. The huntsman was pissed and said that

Imagine this: you are a sophomore in college. You usually go to sleep between 11 pm-1 am but you always get around 7 hours of sleep a night. You've never pulled an all-nighter before and anytime you go to bed way past your normal bedtime, you would skip your morning lectures just to get 7 hours of sleep. Basically, you're almost always decently well-rested. Now that you're done visualizing this, you are pretty much me during mid-September, 2018. During that semester, I was in a 1 credit hour circuits class with our grades being essentially 3 projects and a final exam. Each of the projects require us to build a random circuit and then analyze it but that's not the main point. The important part is that those project take a long time; and I mean a LONG time. I've always been a major procrastinator but I've never really been burned by it because most of my projects up til now were fairly simple and straightforward. I foolishly thought that the circuits project

Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition Vidura, the brother of Pandu and Dhritarashtra, found out about Duryodhana's plot with the wooden castle. So he told Kunti and the Pandavas and then he dug a secret tunnel from the castle to a forest so they can escape. On that night, the captain Purochana set the castle on fire but the Pandavas and Kunti escaped. Bhima then decided to take revenge on the captain by setting the guard house on fire, thus killing them. It also happened that a poor beggar woman and her kids approached the Pandavas for food that night, which they gave them. The woman and her kids though fell asleep in the castle and perished in the flames. That morning, people found their remains and thought it was Kunti and the Pandavas and grieved but Duryodhana thought his plan had succeeded and celebrated with the king. Draupadi exiled  Source The Pandavas and Kunti go back to living in the wilderness, which is full of dangerous stuff. A rakshasa woman fell in l

Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition The Mahabharata contains everything a person would need to know of things on earth and heaven. Statue of Arjuna in Bali  Source The story starts with Vyasa's, the author of Mahabharata, origin story. A king called Uparichara got a crystal car from Indra because the gods feared that he was trying to usurp them. One day on his flying car, Vyasa's semen fell into a river (???) and a fish ate it who eventually gave birth to a boy and a girl 10 months later. A fisherman found this, told the king, and the king kept the boy but gave the girl to the fisherman. The girl, Satyavati, ended up having a very fishy smell but when she was ferrying the rishi Parashara, he convinced her to yield to his embraces and Vyasa was born from this after. The next story was the origin story of Devarata. His mom is a goddess called Ganga who married King Shantanu. Her criteria to marry him is that he'll let her do whatever she wants and he will

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A common thing that people like to ask me is what my biggest fear is. I have always been a realistic person so things like ghosts or monsters never really scared me. What have always scared me is kidney stones. No, I am not joking and yes I am deathly afraid of them. When I was little, I used to never drink water no matter what my mom did. I didn't drink juice or soda either. In fact, I didn't even drink anything unless I was severely dehydrated. Don't ask me why cause honestly I don't know either. Anyways, to get me to drink water, my mom would tell little 6 year old me the horrors of when she had a kidney stone. She would tell me how it was a worst pain than pregnancy and how sometimes it gets to a point where she can't even walk without feeling immense pain. Each time she finished a story, she would end it with "we have a history of kidney stones in the family, so make sure you drink your water." I don't think she understands how big of an effect th

The story begins in an empty house. All there was is a little girl, about six years old, playing on a piano. The only other person in the house was her lesson teacher, drilling into her the importance of playing her scales every day. The sounds of the piano reverberates throughout the empty house, her parents nowhere to be seen. The girl felt sad and lonely but that feeling was quickly wiped away by the banging of random keys. "Pay attention," her teacher said, "Even if you are talented, how can you improve if you're daydreaming?" "Sorry," she responds. The girl doesn't mind the scolding though for she loves the piano more than anything. It was the only thing she can remember and the only thing that has been with her. Her dream is to become a world famous pianist but to reach that level, it requires dedication and, most importantly, a lot of time. So the girl played and played, dedicating her entire life to mastering the craft. Grand Piano W

bibliography:  Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists: Ramayana , Sister Nivedita This version, once again, cleared up some misinterpreted plot points for me. A few things I did not realize happened in the compiled version of the Ramayana: Hanuman burns Lanka Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists Ravana actually lost against Rama the first time which caused Indrajit to confront Rama and crew Indrajit was making sacrifices to the Fire God in order to gain more power to beat Rama Rama had respect for Ravana as a warrior Turns out Rama isn't actually an asshole. He had to prove to the people that Sita was innocent and the only way he can do that is by having her prove herself by walking through the funeral pyre The gods revealed Rama and Sita's identity to them  Dasharatha had renounced Kaikeyi and her son Indra revived all the people that fought on Rama's side  There is actually a reason why Rama renounced Sita. The people that he ruled over is talking trash abou

bibliography:  Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists: Ramayana , Sister Nivedita I liked this version a lot more than the compilation version that we read previously. Since there is only one person writing it, the style stayed the same throughout the entire story which helped it flow together nicely. I also especially liked how this version used a ton of adjectives to not only set the scenery, but describe the characters. For example, one good usage of description that helped me visualize what was going on was when the author described what Rama and Lakshmana was wearing to hunt. This helped flesh everything out more. This version is written like a book that would be released today which made it easier and more enjoyable to read. Rama takes Sita's hand in marriage Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists Because I can understand it a little better, it helped clear up some misinformation I had. I did not realize that Kaikeyi was initially happy for Rama to become king and it was on

For my storybook plan, I plan on using Russell Westbrook as my main character and talking about various stories in the Ramayana by relating it with Westbrook's basketball career. Currently I am debating between either using stories to fit the timeline of his career or just using the stories to highlight key moments in his career without regards to timeline (so an anthology of random stories). I am leaning towards the latter because I don't think I would be able to fit stories to his NBA timeline but that is subject to change. As far as main idea, I think I want to highlight Westbrook's perseverance and determination. The three stories that I want to include would be when Rama finds out that Sita got kidnapped so he does whatever he can to find her, his battle against Ravana, and the last story where Sita goes to heaven.

2-mile mark: You see your coach to the side. You hear him yell at you: "One mile left, 5th man!" You knew instantly what that meant. Cross country adds up the places of the top 5 finishers on the team and the team with the lowest total score wins the meet. You're not the best on the team but you were good enough; most importantly, you knew how important it is for you to finish strong. You push yourself. Finish line Wikipedia Commons 800-m mark: You're almost halfway there. Your legs are telling you to stop. You can barely breathe. To make matters worse, there is someone right behind you breathing down your neck. You knew that if you slow down even a little, they will pass you. "I wonder what coach would do if I just stopped now?". You think this during every race. You smile to yourself and keep running.  400-m mark: Your legs are burning. The person is still behind you but you see a couple people in front of you. "I can definitely pas

The Bridge , Donald A. Mackenzie Rama made an offering to the King of Ocean so that he can cross to Lanka. Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana Wikipedia Rama Attacks , Sister Nivedita Rama and the monkeys attack Lanka and Ravana's plan was to use his illusions to make Sita fall into despair. He told her that Rama has been slained and uses his illusions to create Rama's head and a bow. Sita wanted Ravana to kill her too but then he was called to battle and the illusions disappeared so Sita knew Ravana was lying. Indrajit , Sister Nivedita Rama and the monkeys fight the rakshasas but they get gravely injured by Ravana's son Indrajit. Ravana shows Sita the carnage and she was convinced they were dead. Then this random bird called Garuda comes and heals Rama and the monkeys. Kumbhakarna , Donald A. Mackenzie Kumbhakarna is Ravana's brother and one of the strongest rakshasas. He gets awaken to fight Rama but Rama kills him with some arrows. The Mountain , Sister Ni

Sugriva and Hanuman , Geraldine Hodgson Hanuman, messenger of Sugriva disguised himself as a beggar and went up to Rama and Lakshmana and asked why they were walking through the woods with so many weapons. When they didn't answer, he told them who he was and Rama was delighted. Lakshmana explained what happened and Hanuman, seeing how Sugriva was in the same situation and asked Rama if they can accompany him and Sugriva to their home country. Hanuman chilling Wikipedia Sugriva's Stor y, Geraldine Hodgson Sugriva explained his story and his history with Vali. Rama, hearing this, was angry and wanted to avenge Sugriva so he begged to fight Vali. Sugriva and Vali , Romesh Dutt Tara, Vali's wife begs him not to fight Sugriva when she finds out that he befriended Rama. Vali ignored it though and intends to fight them. Vali's Death , Romesh Dutt Vali and Sugriva fight to the death. But during the fight, Rama (who was hiding), shot a dart at Vali and killed h

One of the biggest questions I had regarding giving feedback was how to not sound like a jerk. That is why the first article I read was How to Give Bad Feedback Without Being a Jerk . One of the best advice I have seen from that article was explaining why you're giving the feedback. I think this is a great way to let people know that you actually mean well whenever you are giving negative feedback rather than try to knock them down. Be a Mirror: Give Readers Feedback that Fosters a Growth Mindset also has some great advice, although it was moreso how to give good feedback rather than talking about ways to tackle giving bad feedback. The five qualities of feedback was actually extremely helpful. Those five qualities were be specific, focus on what they are doing, focus on the process, make sure it can transfer, and take yourself out of the feedback. They were really helpful advice and I hope to use these strategies to help my classmates improve their stories. Feedback can vary

For my storybook project, I am leaning towards the Ramayana. There are a lot of stories that I could use for my project and I think it would give me the most flexibility. In addition, the brief stories that I've read from the Ramayana were very interesting. There is obviously the public domain version that we were using for the previous assignment. There is also another free version from Freebookapalooza called The Iliad of the East: Ramayana by Frederika Richardson Macdonald. The best part about this version is that there are supposedly illustrations so it can help me visualize some of the stories better. The version on sacred texts seems very long but it could go more into detail which can come in handy when creating my storybook.  About to dunk on this project Wikipedia Commons