Indian Epics

Hundreds of years ago there lived a wise tortoise named Drona. Drona was unlike any other tortoise. He was incredibly intelligent. He was a master of military arts, which might sound strange for a tortoise but animals from all around the globe came to him to learn. One of his apprentices was a tiger named Drupada. Drupada and Drona worked hard together to create a school for species to come and unite and learn together. However, as years passed Drupada became more ambitious. He cared more about the fame of being a creator of the best military arts school in the world and he left Drona. Drupada started his own school, which would eventually compete with Drona's school and leave Drona without students. Years passed and Drona was without anyone. His school became filled with dust and cob webs without students. Drona was incredibly sad but more than anything he became filled with anger. Drupada was now his enemy. One day an old sage approached Drona and let him know about a group...

Hello all, In this post you will find my notes from The Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution an online film from YouTube. These notes are only comprised of the part B playlist . Kunti was given a special mantra from a sage, which would allow her to call upon any god that she wished. Kunti tried it out with the sun god to see if it worked and it did. Kunti was left with a child from the sun god. Kunti knew that the child was destined for greatness. She placed the child in a basket and put it in the river. Kunti's son with the sun god was a secret. No one knew about it not even her husband, the king. One day Pandu was hunting with his bow and accidentally shot and killed a couple. Before the man died he cursed Pandu and said that the second be would be come intimate with a woman something terrible would happen. This caused great pain for Pandu and he decided to leave the kingdom. Kunti mentioned to Pandu her special gift in which she could call upon any god. The god of truth was c...

Hello all, In this post you will find my notes from The Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution an online film from YouTube. These notes are only comprised of the part A playlist . Once I began watching the videos, I soon found out something that I didn't realize or get from reading the PDE version of  Mahabharata . The original story has been changed based on who is telling the stories. Depending on the story teller the story might be different. This reminds me of what we are actually doing in Indian Epics. We take the original Indian epic or the original story that we read and make it our own, focusing on the elements and characters that we connected with the most. I really enjoy the way that the online film retells the Mahabharata , is was really easy to follow and I was able to make more connections between characters. All of the names and characters can get kind of confusing after a while so it is a nice refresher. Something that I now understand that I didn't fully underst...