Epics of India

 Microfiction: I have actually never written microfiction before but it is very interesting to see how people are able to condense a story so much into such a small amount of words. Writing you whole life story in just six words really caught my eye. That seems very difficult because everyone's lives are so full of stories so attempting to minimize your whole life into just six words seems impossible. Also, the 25 word stories also seem very difficult to condense an entire story into just 25 words. I would definitely hope to make some of these stories and try and explain my life story in just six words because that seems like a very fun challenge to take on. Microfiction

 Reading Notes Guide: Rama Dasharatha is king Rama was a skilled archer and went to go win over his soon to be wife Sita by snapping her bow Dasharatha wanted Rama to be his successor but was convinced by the queen not to let him so he was exiled instead While in the forest, Rama encounters a demoness disguised a girl that tries to persuade Rama to be with her Rama says no and discovers her true form and has to take on an army that she summoned Rama slays her whole army easily but lets her escape to go tell her brother Ravana what happened Rama leads his army to Lanka to retrieve his beloved wife sita Ravana is enraged at being told to give her back to evade war so he presses on Rama and Ravana fight in battle and Rama ends up killing Ravana Rama makes Vibhishana king of Lanka Ravana

 Reading Notes Stories of Indian Gods and Heroes: The Pandava Brothers King Santanu, son of Kuru ruled over Hastinapura Duryodhana wanted to burn the palace of the Pandavas and kill them  The Pandavas saw this coming and evaded this attempt of murder Sunda and Upasunda were two brothers who lived to please each other and were very compatible  Draupadi was made slave as well as the rest of the Pandavas However, they were allowed to leave because of Dhritarashtra's pity for Draupadi Dhritarashtra sent them a new challenge and made a deal that the loser of a dice game would have to go to the forest for thirteen years Because Drona died, Karna became leader Bhima tore open his enemy and drank their blood as he said he would Arjuna then killed Karna by crashing his chariot and spearing him The five brothers and Draupadi departed from everyone and were mourned and gave funeral rituals to those who had died Pandavas