Reading Notes Part A: Mahabharata

I just got done reading the first little bit of the Mahabharata, that is part A of the public domain version. This story is quite different from the previous epic that we have read, the Ramayana. It is written different. It has a completely different plot and feel to the story. To me, it has been a little confusing so far in the epic, mainly because of all the names and people in the story. I am excited to get further into the story so I can see more of the similarities between this story and the series Swayamvara in the Mahabharata. It is the section of the epic in which Bhishma does battle to take the hands of three princesses. It is, in a way, like the part of the Ramayana where Rama is able to bend a magnificent bow to win the hand of SIta. It is yet to be known if these princes will hold as big a role as Sita did in the Ramayana. I think that his story could be redone into a more modern version where guys at school are trying to impress a group of girls to get them to go to the dance with them. I would change it to where the person that is the most impressive is not actually the one that wins the hand of the ladies. Instead maybe a boy that is shy and keeps to himself ends up winning the hearts of the ladies by surprising them in some way. 
Bhishma takes Amba
Game of Thrones, which I am a huge fan of. The story that I could see myself doing a remake of is the story of



Bibliography
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita (1914). [700 words] You can find out more about the author at this blog post: Sister Nivedita.

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