Indian Epics Blog

One morning, a very pregnant woman named Sita woke up and started her day just like every other day, but today would be the day that she would give birth to her four boys. After she woke up, she went about her day like normal, she went to yoga class and then went to work. At work she started having contractions but decided they were far enough apart that she didn't need to worry.  A couple hours later, her contractions started getting closer together - about 7 minutes apart - so she called her husband, Dasaratha, and they decided it was time to go to the hospital! After today they were going to be parents, they were so excited! Once her labor begun, the sky turned dark which was awfully peculiar since it was only 3:00 pm so it should've been totally bright outside and in that moment and her first son was born, Bharata. Even though she was tired, she still had three more boys. As her second son was about to be born, it started to get really windy and rain started pouring. ...

Most of section B is about Sita's capture and rescue, which I have retold as well so I don't want to retell it in a different way. I could possibly retell the section about Sita's twins and the horse sacrifice, along with Rama and his sons being reunited. I really like that they're lost and don't know who their father is and then finally it's a big reveal. That could be very fun to recreate into a modern day thing where the dad didn't know about the sons and they go on a search to find out who their father is and they have a mentor who helps them along the way, that would be Valmiki.  Rama's Sons  Title: The Divine Archer Author: F. J. Gould Year: 1911

I like how the story started off with the births. It would be cool to make the births of all four sons a really interesting experience. I could have the way they are born in different ways, with different events occurring during each birth and for Rama it would be a really out of the world birth because he is an avatar of a god so it has to be worthwhile. Along with that, all the four sons who get married on the same day, it could be a fast-forward story where we start off with their births and then go to their weddings and the same things occur as they're saying their vows or something along those lines. The exile is something I have already retold so I wouldn't really want to do that again, but I appreciated this versions take on it.  Four Brothers at a Wedding - Web Source Title: The Divine Archer Author: F. J. Gould Year: 1911