Storybook Favorites

I have found three very interesting storybooks from other students' blogs. One interesting storybook that I really caught my attention was about various kinds of festivals in India.

Epic Festivals of India

In the storybook, it talks about many different kinds of festivals in India. India is well-known for all kinds of interesting festivals throughout the calendar year. This storybook really has caught my attention for its interesting Indian festival picture.

Indian Festivity. Source: Holi powder festival

I have found this picture very fascinating. There is a saying that says "a picture is worth a thousand words." I think this picture definitely explains what that means. Besides the interesting picture, the storybook also did a great job in its introduction. Jalsa, the author, explained different kinds of important annual Hindi festivals in a concise, yet clear way.

Second interesting storybook that I have found is about Hindu dating.

Hindu Lover Online

This storybook is the most interesting and fun storybook so far that I have found. It talked about several Indian gods and goddesses who were involved in love and romantic affairs. This storybook was really interesting because it can kind of deceive people as being a Hindi online dating site outwardly, but it really talks about ancient Hindu gods, goddesses, and their romantic mythology.

Third interesting storybook that I have found is about life-long love devotion of Indian women.

Lifelong Devotion

The author did a great job in explaining interesting Indian traditions and rituals in her introduction such as Karva Chauth, a ritual that Indian women fast and pray for her life partner. The author also explained the story in an interesting storytelling narrative with several characters that she has created. This storybook has been my favorite of all three storybooks by far. I think it is an very unique, creative, and interesting storybook.

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The Pious Wolf

I'm always been fond of reading Jataka tales. In fact, these collections of Jataka tales have been my favorite kind of reading for this semester because their plots are very interesting with lots of suspense and rich visual details. I've read a lot of Jataka tales about monkeys, which seem like the favorite Hindu animal, but I haven't come across a reading with a wolf. A story written about a pious wolf, I thought, would be an absolutely amazing read. So I read the amazing story of pious wolf and other great tales. But the story of pious wolf particularly stood out in my mind. I like the beginnig of the story how the wolf is impriosoned so tightly: "Once there was a flood, and there was a large rock with a Wolf sleeping on the top. The water came pouring around the rock, and when the Wolf awoke he found himself imprisoned, with no way of getting off, and nothing to eat." Obviously, the wolf was desperate to escape: "“H’m!” said he to himself, “here I m,...

Week 6 Story: Uparichara the King of Chedi (PDE Mahabharata, Part A)

In the old ancient India, there was a mischievous, popular king named Uparichara. Uparichara was born into a life of enormous wealth and privileges: he didn't have siblings and was destined to become the king of Chedi. Uparichara didn't care about his future because he was destined to the crown, so he lived a life of sex, binge drinking, smoking medicinal drugs for recreation, and all sorts of indulgence until the age of 33. Another reason why he was so much into lust and indulgence was because of stress of being an important public figure. As a prince, he was expected to appear moral and exemplary to his people. Uparichara desperately wanted to become the king, but his father lived a long life: Uparichara's 88-year-old father who was his predecessor didn't want to turn over the crown to his son because he believed he failed his son's upbringing and moral character education. One night in his dream, Uparichara saw frowned-faced gods and angels. Uparichara ask...

Inayat. Twenty Jataka Tales, Reading A

I'm always been fond of reading Jataka tales. In fact, these collections of Jataka tales have been my favorite kind of reading for this semester because their plots are very interesting with lots of suspense and rich visual details. Monkeys look the most alike with humans, and they are usually the symbol of wisdom in many Indian epic stories. I liked all the readings in Reading A of Inayat's twenty Jataka tales, but one story that particularly stood out in my mind was the story of Monkey-Bridge. Monkey, including the wise god Hanuman, often has taken the role of clever, wise, and smart animal in Indian and Hindu epics. The story begins with a giant-like monkey who ruled eighty-thousand monkeys in Himalayan mountains. Wow.. Eighty-thousand monkeys are a lot and I can't even conceive how many monkeys that the giant monkey ruled in the cold, steep Himalayan mountains. I really like this very detailed, vivid, and full of image description of the monkeys' habitat: ...

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