Epics of India

Lando and Han gambling in "Solo: A Star Wars Story" Source "Don't worry about it Chewy, I know my way around this part of the galaxy. And besides, Lando just invited me to play cards, there isn't anything that could go wrong." Chewbacca roared in disagreement and went into the kitchen of the ship and awaited their arrival at Lando's location. Han and Chewy had been traveling around the galaxy for weeks doing odd jobs, all in hopes of earning enough money to spruce up the millennium falcon, and luckily for them they just got invited to a high stakes card game that could win them enough credits to not just clean up the falcon, but completely upgrade its flying and combat abilities.  Han was confident in his ability to gamnble, as this is the reason he got the falcon in the first place.  "No doubt Lando is trying to win back his ship huh Chewy? But when will he learn that if you can't beat me once, then how could you beat me the seco...

Bhima victorious after killing Baka Source This time around, I chose to watch the Mahabharata rather than read it. I really enjoyed this telling of the story, as it incorporated my favorite aspect of the original reading: The massive world it creates that you can become immersed in. I also was a huge fan of the artistic style they chose to present the epic in. The hand drawn cartoon-like figures made me think back to the "Draw My Life Challenge" that went around the internet a few years ago, in which internet personalities and celebrities would tell their life story while drawing images to go along with the story. These images were commonly cartoon-like, just like the Mahabharata video I watched. I also enjoyed how they told the entire story, not just summaries like I read in the version by C.A. Kincaid. One of my biggest complaints with the original Mahabharata was how long it took to read and how confusing the family trees were, and this online film really helpe...

The death of Karna Source This week I was prompted with re-reading the Mahabharata, so I chose to read one of the online versions of the Mahabharata, The Princes of Elephant City by C.A. Kincaid. I thoroughly enjoyed this version of the Mahabharata, almost as much as the first version I read during weeks 6 and 7. One of the reasons I enjoyed this story so much is that is was severely condensed. Though I absolutely loved the original, being tasked with reading it is quite the commitment. There are many pages which vary in length and complexity, as well as changes in story telling from page to page. Sometimes the story is told in a traditional way, while on other pages it is told in the form of a song with rhyming couplets taking the place of paragraphs. Also, understanding the family tree is very confusing in this version, as in some pages it throws many names with many relationships at you at once, leading to you having to reread the same paragraph many times ...