Epics of India Fall 2020

Heading southwards through the forest after leaving the subterranean passage, the Pandavas and Queen Kunti must stay strong, but only Bhima is cut out for this type of work. The forest is filled with creatures who crave human flesh like reptiles, man-eating asuras, and large rakshasas that are built like a professional linebackers. The group becomes fatigued except for Bhima, so he stays extremely attentive to keep everyone protected. After some time, they finally find a good place to settle for the night and get some rest. Bhima knows that they must eat to regain energy for the next day's journey. So, he instructs Arjuna to watch over the group while he gathers some recourses for the next day. Bhima wants to make this trip quick and quiet because he knows rakshasa's can smell human flesh. As Bhima continues his journey for recourses, he notices a beautiful woman tied to a tree. The woman has blue eyes with long and wavy blonde hair. As a reaction, Bhima immediately jogged towa...

 My favorite story from Part B of the Public Domain Edition of the Mahabharata would be the House of Fire, and Bhima and Hidimba.  The Pandavas along with Queen Kunti, their mother, arrived at Varanavata. They thought highly of the place because of the boujee and expensive things there like the furniture and tapestries. Although, Prince Yudhishthira realized that the entire place was covered in oil. Then, he also realized that the ceilings were made of wood, a material that catches fire easily. He told his mother that he thinks Prince Duryodhana wants to burn them alive. Prince Vidura came up with the idea of digging a passageway from the palace at Varanavata to the outside forest to escape from the burning house. Prince Vidura sent a miner, who distracted the guards to peacefully and calmly enter the palace. There he dug the passage from the palace to safe place outside in the forest. The miner would work overnight and he would hide his working site using wooden planks. The m...

Vyasa is the author of the Mahabharata. Brahama sent a god, Ganesha, to be his scribe and write down Vyasa's words. The story also introduced several characters like Vyasa's disciple, Vaishampayana, Janamejaya, king of Hastinapura. Janamejaya was Arjuna's great grandson. Arjuna was one of the five Pandu brothers, which were all grandsons of Vyasa, the author of the Mahabharata.  The birth of Vyasa started with the king of Chedi, Uparichara. He was extremely religious and the gods feared him because they thought he was after their power. The gods gifted him a crystal car, a vehicle that flies through the sky.  During spring season, he was flying through the sky and some of his personal semen fell into a river. A female fish swallowed the semen and gave birth a boy and a girl. The boy was kept by the king of Chedi, Uparichara, and the girl was left to the fisherman's wife. The girl's name is Satyavati. Her foster father was a ferryman on the river of Yamuna. Satyavati...

100 word story: Life is like Ice A brilliant student at a prestigious medical school threw his writing pen across the room and angrily cleared his desk with one swing across the fine wood. He was frustrated and depleted. The student didn't know if he could do another two years of medical school. After realizing that he just went through a mini-tantrum, he decided to get a drink at a local bar. The student was staring at his cranberry vodka at the bar countertop. He realized that ice eventually melts. He began to think deeper. He realized that life is like ice; enjoy it and make the best of it before it melts.  6 word story: Mirrors Mirrors were made to be motivational.  Sources: No sources were used. I kept writing different microfiction stories until I wrote something I genuinely liked.  Author's Note: I sat in front of my open laptop screen until I came up with an idea for a story. I was drinking a to-go beverage of water from Olive Garden during the process. I finished...