Indian Epics Blog

After doing some commenting on other student's blogs, I decided to give mine a revamp because the simple thing was just that...simple! So I updated my theme to one called Emporio because I really liked the layout it had on it as well as the color choices. I felt that it represented a calming presence which is the kind of personality I like to think that I have. I feel like this update has made my blog look a lot less blah and less like I'm a newbie, even though I totally am. I had to play around for a bit to get the labels where I wanted them as well but after fiddling with the layout I truly enjoy looking at my blog page now. 

Criticism is one of the hardest things to hear, even if it's constructive criticism because you have to hear that you're doing something wrong and not in the best way. Of course, no one is perfect and pretty much everything can be approved upon somehow, but we like to think that the way we're doing it is an improvement. Criticism is how we grow and become better, but learning to take it like a champ is difficult and requires you to take your feelings of failure out of the picture and instead look at it as a way to get better. For example in the article, Eight things students should do when they make a mistake , they talk about knowing you aren't alone and it's true, everyone everywhere is making a mistake that they can improve upon but only when we receive feedback will we know how to fix it next time and I think that is very important. Sometimes it can be hard to figure out how to fix it, but that is when you should go to the person who gave you the feedback or cri...

I've decided it would be fun to do a Doctor Who storybook, and because of this decision I'll want to have the Doctor go on different adventures and experience different story lines. I would like the Doctor to have run-ins with multiple gods and goddesses. For example: Krishna, Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, and Lakshmi. They are some of the main gods in Hinduism  and would be interesting to create adventures alongside the Doctor. My previous knowledge of the gods include my world religions class where we studied Hinduism. I think retelling the story of Krishna and Jarasandha: Krishna Outsmarts His Fiercest Adversary  with the Doctor meddling would be exciting. Another fun story would be The Tale of Shiva: The Mighty Lord of Kailasa  because having the Doctor interfere with battles and marriages would be exactly something the Doctor would do if he found himself stuck in that time period. Arjuna is another character is the The Tale of Shiva that I would like to explo...

Once upon a time, there was a senior student at OU named Jedrek. He was big and strong, and thought he was better than all the other students younger than him.  On the first day of class, he walked into a freshman level class he had put off until his senior year because he thought it would be easy - much to his surprise the professor assigns a group project due the next week and his designated partner was a freshman who, unlike Jedrek was small and petite and a beautiful girl named Helen. Jedrek, wanting to impress the beautiful Helen, asked when they wanted to get together and work on the project to show his motivation, but Helen answered "I am unable to work on the project tonight because my friends and I are throwing a party, and I was going to invite you both, but if you need to work on the project then never mind".  Now, Jedrek really did not want to work on the project. He thought by showing initiative that Helen would appreciate it, but now knowing that she also w...

I really enjoyed reading all of the stories but there were two that really stuck out to me and these were the one about the Crane and the Crab as well as The Crocodile and the Monkey's Heart. For both of these stories I enjoyed how the tricksters who were able to outsmart the bigger animal were prey and they outsmarted an animal who is normally the predator. They reminded of the turtle and the hare story we're told as children. I also really liked how the Crocodile and the Monkey's Heart story ended with a poem to explain the moral of the story. I am looking forward to retelling one of these stories.  The Cunning Crane and the Crab  - deceitfulness never ends well for those who are the deceivers  The Crocodile and the Monkey's Heart  - just because you are bigger than someone does not mean you are smarter than them Image of the Crane and the Crab - Web Source

Last fall I took a world religions class in which we learned about Hinduism so I am familiar with the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, and because of my background I am interested in Krishna as well as Arjuna from the Bhagavad Gita. After researching some of the comic books I found a few that really caught my attention.  Tales of Arjuna: The Exploits of an Exceptional Warrior I liked how the first story was about teaching humility. I found the last story of the comic very interesting about the man having lost his 9 out of his 10 sons and seeking Arjuna's help to protect his last son from death. This is another story about humility.  Krishna and Jarasandha: Krishna Outsmarts His Fierce Adversary   I found this comic book interesting as well because I love a good villain and battle with a god, who happens to be Krishna as well Arjuna being a supporting character in helping Krishna defeat his mortal enemy.  The Sons of Rama: Luv and Kush - The Invincible...