Week 12 Storytelling: Savitri & Satyavan

Why can I not find someone to love me for me. I have been alone for so long. I lay in my bed and I long for someone to hold me tight and for someone to kiss me. I have so much love to give but absolutely no one to give it to. I am just waiting for that day that that perfect man comes into my life and I know that he is the one. I don’t want to wait forever, but I know that I am not meant to be alone my entire life. I am meant to have a fulfilling life. I do not think that my life was meant to be lived alone and lonely my entire life. Life is supposed to shared with the ones you love. I am oh so ready, but until then it is just a waiting game.

All of the men that have presented to me have not loved me or they have not been good to me. I know that nothing is wrong with me. Maybe if I go search for the right man that I will find him in places that I haven’t been before.

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Savitri ended up falling in love with Satyavan. Satyavan was a wonderful man but he only had on more year to live. Even though Savitri knew this she knew that she wanted to marry him because she had fallen in love with him. Satyavan was her one true love that she had been longing and yearning for. She had finally found the one man that was going to take care of her. She was also going to do her best to take care of him as well. No matter if she had a short amount of time with him she was going to take advantage and love every second she had with him. 

After one year Satyavan the time was up and Savitri was truly sad and depressed. However, she was very thankful for the time that she had. She had been longing and wanting to find her soul mate for so long and she did in fact find her soul mate in Satyavan. Even though it was for just a short amount of time it was the best year of her life. She felt as if she lived the most during that one year and she wouldn’t change it for the world.

Savitri & Satyavan

Bibliography: Narayan, R.J. (1978). The Mahabharata

Author's Note: I decided to write about Savitri and Satyavan but as the beginning it was so saddening because Savitri was so sad and had been longing so long for a husband. I thought that it was great story that true love really conquered all. It was truly sad that she only got one year with Satyavan , however she made the most of that one year and that is what matters. 

Week 12: Reading Diary B: The Lotus Flowers

I really enjoyed the second part of these weeks readings when it told about the Pandavas travels to Mount Kailasa. During the times of their travels they end up disturbing the silence at Rishava’s mountain. Weird thing is that it ends up attacking them. White lotus end up floating down to earth and Draupadi ends up wanting the lotus. In the end, Bhima finds the lotus flowers. Pretty interesting read this week with the lotus flowers.

Bhima, Draupadi, and the Lotus Flowers 

Week 12 Reading Diary A: The Dice Games

I enjoyed reading this weeks reading about the Dice games. I really think that it was foolish that Nala and Yudihishthira gambled absolutely everything that they had. I couldn’t imagine losing everything to a silly dice game! I also think that it is extremely sad that Yudhistira loses his wife because he bets on her as well. I would be furious if my husband bet on me on some goofy dice game.

At the end of the story Nala wins  the game and wins the Kingdom back.

Nala playing dice

Week 3 Project: Portfolio

This is a creative portfolio of four retellings of my favorite stories from the Indian epics The Ramayana and The Mahabharata. Enjoy!

Drona's Son's Death

Sita's Abduction

Rama is King 

Week 11 Storytelling: Ganesha's Head

Parvati had just gotten home from a long day so she decided to take a bath. She deserved one because she had been working hard lately. She decided she needed some time for relaxation so she went into the bathroom. However, she decided she didn’t want anyone to bother her so she asked Nandi to watch the door to make sure that not a soul would enter to mess with her quiet time. Nandi obeyed and watched the doors while Parvati took her nice relaxing bath. 

All of a sudden, Shiva saw Nandi watching the bathroom door and he asked Nandi to move so he could get into the bathroom. Nandi didn’t want to move at first and he explained that Parvati didn’t want any interruptions she went in the bathroom to simply relax and relieve some stress.

“You can not go in there.” Nandi explained.

Shiva went ahead and pushed through Nandi and went through the bathroom door.

Parvati screamed, “Do not enter I wish to be alone and for no one to enter! Leave me be and turn around this instant!”

Shiva was bumfuzzled why Parvati was acting in such a way he had no clue why she would be wanting to be left alone. 

All of a sudden Parvati was enraged, “Can I not ever get any time to myself?! I am always with someone I never ever have time to myself, and when I ask to be left alone that wish can not be granted”!

Parvati’s feelings were hurt so he ended up closing the door and let Parvati rant by herself. He hoped that she would get over herself and she would be back to normal soon.

 Parvati ended up creating Ganesha because she wanted someone who would only be loyal to her. She had no one who was loyal to her so she knew she had to create as on that was always going to stay true and loyal. 

The next time she went to bathe she asked Ganesha to stand and watch for no one to interrupt her. She knew that this time someone would be loyal to her. Just like clockwork Shiva came home and saw someone strange standing guard next to his wife’s bathroom door.

Ganesha explained, “I am Ganesha, Parvati’s son.”

No, no, no how could this be I am her husband! YOU ARE AN INTRUDER, yelled Shiva screamed.

Out of no where Shiva pulled out an axe and cut Ganesha’s sons head off which instantly killed him.

Parvati heard the ruckus and rushed out of the bathroom with soap still on her body and she began to scream a blood-curdling scream.  

“How could you do this! He is our son, OUR SON! You have got to go find a head to put on our sons body.”

Ganesha 

Bibliography: Narayan, R.J. (1978). The Mahabharata

Author's Note: I thought that the story of how Ganesha lost his head was very interesting. Who would have ever thought of a story about a Mother creating a son to later be killed by his father and then who who would end up having an elephants head. I though this was a very interesting story and it was very out there. However, even though it was very out there it was very enjoyable.