Indian Epics Blog

  Preschoolers and Praise: What Kinds of Messages Help Kids Grow? &  How to Give Bad Feedback Without Being a Jerk      I think learning feedback strategies is important. In most of the classes that I have taken since I have attended OU has required us to implore so version of feedback. Mostly in discussions, we have had to reply and give feedback to our peers, however, we have never been taught how our feedback can be part of their learning process. The first article Preschoolers and Praise explored the growth mindset. More specifically, mindsets are malleable and can be changed. One of the more important ideas it explored was replacing generic praise with process praise. This is important as this article focuses on fixing mindsets in children which is great as it is important to introduce these ideas at a young age. Next, I read the article How to Give Bad Feedback Without  Being a Jerk which explored four important steps to make your criticism const...

Story ideas: I one topic I am deciding to further research on is epic heroes. In Ramayana there are numerous stories about that fit my definition of an epic hero. A few of them are:   Thataka In this story, Rama is faced with one of his first battles against the shapeshifting women Thataka. In this episode, Rama kills Thataka, as well as, receives celestial weapons as a reward for his efforts.  Source ( Source:  PDE Ramayana ) Viradha In this story Rama and Lakshmana attempt to save Sita from a demon who abducted her, which is an obvious act of heroism. The demon was difficult to defeat due to the fact that Viradha has special protection that prevents him from being harmed by sharp weapons. The extreme difficulty to defeat Viradha forced them to cast him into a pit because he could not be killed. Source Battle with Khara This episode features one of the biggest battles Rama had to face. I...

The Air Max     There were once two brothers who admired each other deeply. Their names were Rodney and Brandon, however, Rodney had been cast away by his widowed mother. Rodney's mother was vindictive of him because he was not actually her son. Rodney and Brandon had different mothers and so Rodney was the product of his father's affair. Rodney and Brandon's father was killed in an accident recently. Rodney had been sent away by his mother after the death of her husband. For some reason, she believed he was to blame for her husband's death. Brandon was strongly opposed to his brother being sent away but he could not oppose his mother. Rodney was highly respected in the community and by his peers, though those feelings were not reciprocated by his mother. Rodney had been away for a few weeks living on his own and finding his way. Brandon had been missing his brother and had been looking for him all over. Brandon had finally got some reliable information on his brothe...

  Ramanaya Online: Public Domain Edition Author: Multiple Bharata Returns Bharata has not known that that his father Dasharatha is dead He returned to the palace and found out about his father  He vows to bring his brother Ramahome who his banished Dasharatha's Funeral Bharata was endowed with words from the saint Vashishtha The king was placed on a car and was carried by servants They spent 10 days mourning lying on the ground (wives of the monarch, counsellors, priests, Bharata) Rama and Bharata Bharata seeks out Rama in the forest to persuade him to come back They embraced each other and mourned their father Bharata vowed to stay in the forest for 14 years so that Rama could return to Ayodhya However Rama said neither of them can change the commands of Dasharatha The Sandals Since Rama could not be convinced Bharata wanted to take something to represent his absence He took a pair of sandals which have touched Ramas feet  Bharata have Rama a pair of new sandals decked i...

  Ramanaya Online: Public Domain Edition Author: Multiple King Dasharatha  Dashrata who was the father of Rama & Mithila Dashrata was of the solar race Dashrata was upset because no son has been born to him by any of his queens Dasharatha's Sons Kaushayla is the chief queen as well as the wife of Maharajah Dashrata was promised four sons at the cost of a horse sacrifice  Rama: Avatar of Vishnu Vishnu the preserve protects against evil People cried out to Vishnu Vishnu came to earth to defeat Ravana Ravana was the monarch of Rakshasas Vishvamitra Vishvamitra is a sage with a strong determination to stop Ravana (monarch) Vishvamitra requests aid from the King Vishva request Rama to battle Ravana Thataka Thataka is a shapeshifting woman  Rama's first battle is with Thataka He kills Thataka and receives celestial weapons as a reward Bhagiratha and Ganga Ganga is a goddess who was brought down to earth Bhagiratha brought the river Ganges to earth Ahalya a poem Indra c...