From Here To India- My Epics of India Course Blog

Draupadi and the Pandavas Dear Diary, Several years in exile later and I still cannot believe we're here, kicked out of the beautiful palace we called home. You don't realize how much you take for granted the finer things in life until you suddenly don't have them anymore. This is all because one of my husbands gambled away EVERYTHING. Even me. I was humiliated, dragged before everyone while my husbands did nothing. I had a lively debate with Yudhisthira today. I still don't understand why he doesn't act! If they take up their arms they can win back the kingdom. Many years later Dear Diary,  Our exile in the wilderness has finally ended, we are in disguise in the court of a palace. Yudhisthira, ironically, spends most of his days playing dice and no longer loses. Bhima is a cook. Arjuna teaches dance. I spend my days as a handmaiden. Though we enjoy more comforts than in the forest, it would seem that this new life is still not without it'...

  Image of Babbity Rabbity      Once upon a time, there was a witch named Babbity Rabbity who lived in a charming house. She loved practicing her magic. She had to do it in secret, however. For these were the days of the Witch Trials, and any person accused of practicing witchcraft was usually killed.      One day she was practicing her magic as usual, and she thought she was doing it secretly enough, but a sliver of her curtain was open. A young man, who had been passing close by her house as he did everyday, glanced into her window and witnessed her reciting incantations. Face paling with horror, he ran to the town leader to tell him what he had observed. The leader, angry and frightened, rounded up the townsfolk and went to her house.      The witch, surprisingly, didn't deny the accusations. She was a witch and she was proud of it. She was a kind witch, who had never hurt anyone with her magic. They gathered around her, off...

     Duryodhana, born to Ghandari, grew up jealous of Bhima. He believed that Bhima was getting all the attention. Everywhere Duryodhana went it was Bhima this and Bhima that. He decided to take matters into his own hands and kill Bhima, so for once the attention would be on HIM. He put his plan into action by inviting the Pandevas to a wonderful picnic by the water. Little did the Pandevas know that Duryodhana had laced the food with a powerful poison. Bhima sat down and ate. And he ate. Eventually he fell into a deep sleep.      Duryodhana, pleased with his success, tied ropes around Bhima's hands and feet while the other Pandeva's weren't looking. "Now we'll see who's Bhishma's favorite," he whispered quitely to his foe, who of course couldn't hear him. Without further ado, he pushed Bhima into the water to drown.      And so Bhima sunk in the water. Down down down... ........... Bhima fighting the Nagas As Bhima sunk, he was...

   Jeopardy Logo    "Welcome everyone, to Life or Death Jeopardy, I'm your host Dharma, and on today's show we have the five Pandava brothers. We'll be bringing in each brother one at a time and if they can answer all the riddles, they win a fantastic prize," Dharma said. Smiling, he turned to his assistant. "Could we have the first contestant please?" he asked her. She turned and walked away, and brought onstage the first brother, Nakula.       "Excellent," Dharma continued. "Now Nakula, in order to win the prize, you must answer the riddle, and answer correctly. If you do not, you will unfortunately perish. Are you ready?"       But Nakula didn't want to answer the riddle. He demanded the prize now. And so he died. Sahadeva came on stage after him, and refused to answer the riddle also.Arjuna came onstage after Sahadeva, and not only refused to answer the riddle, but attacked the host also. He fell over dead lik...

Sydney Australia "I don't believe this," I told my husband, Ryan. We had just finished eating a lovely meal in our Sydney apartment. I had prepared a great spaghetti dish like my mother makes, complete with a loaf of French Bread and a chocolate cake for dessert. My husband and I had just cleared the table and loaded the dishwasher when Ryan had asked me to sit down with him on our couch so we could talk.  That's when he told me he wanted a divorce. "After all we've been through together? I've always been faithful to you, loved you and supported you through all our ups and downs. I moved across the planet for you, for your new job for Christ sake!", my voice beginning to rise as spoke. Shock was quickly giving way to feelings of betrayal. "Exactly," Ryan replied. His blue eyes were downcast in guilt, dark hair falling in front of his face slightly. "It's not fair to you. You do so much for me, I could never h...

The Mighty Lion      Once there was a mighty lion named Rakashma, and he lived as a prince in the jungle. Now this lion was strong and mighty, so few dared to challenge him. One day, he came across the most beautiful lioness in all of the jungle, she was a princess of a neighboring land. He knew the moment he laid his eyes upon her that he wanted her to be his queen. This lioness was named Sataria.  Sataria the Lioness       He went to her father, the mighty king Makata, in hopes that he might have ask the king for his daughters hand in marriage. When Rakashma introduced himself and asked if he could marry Sataria, the king pondered the request for a moment.     King Makata      "You may do this," the King replied, "if you can successfully complete the challenge. In order to win the right to marry Sataria, you must pass the test of taking down The Great Elephant, who resides in the lands near here. I...

The Disconnected Student                 Once there was a student at the University of Oklahoma. This student, enjoying the freedom that modern technology brought, had decided this semester that she would be taking almost all online classes. It gave her the freedom to decide where and when she had her “classes” and did her assignments. One morning, waking up and getting ready for her day, she thought “I wonder what would happen if the internet were to go out?” Lightning Strike                 The next night, a terrible thunderstorm hit her apartment complex, and a lightning bolt struck near her apartment! She awoke the next morning, grateful to see that her apartment appeared undamaged and the electricity appeared to be working… until she looked at her phone and realized she wasn’t connected to the Wi-Fi. Confused, she wa...