Far my Ramayana readings, I have chosen the public domain edition. I preferred this edition as it is more accessible, free, and even offers an audio version that could be used for long drives. I also enjoyed the illustrations. If the language poses to be too difficult to understand, I might purchase Narayan's Ramayana to read.
One of the comic books I am interested in is the Tales of Shiva . I have always had a personal interest in Shiva stories as my name Neal symbolizes blue in my mother's tongue, Telegu, and is in relation to the blue skin of Shiva. I am interested in reading more stories about him because of this personal connection. Another comic book I am interested in is Bird Stories. My interest does not stem because of the bird aspect, but mainly from previous experience reading Indian folktales in my Mythology and Folklore class. I have always enjoyed reading stories where cleverness beat out raw strength and physical power, like the traditional rabbit and tortoise story.
For the videos, I was immediately drawn to Harry Potter meets Hindu Mythology. As a huge Harry Potter fan, I wanted to see how some of its aspects paralleled Indian epics. It was neat to see how the books I loved so much as a child actually had some comparisons with other stories I read. The second video also looked at comparisons. It was the Indian and Greek Mythological parallels. Again my interest in Greek mythology from reading Percy Jackson and my readings in Mythology and Folklore sparked my desire to watch the video. I have always thought there were some parallels, so it was interesting to see other examples I did not know beforehand.
Shiva; the god of which my name was inspired by
This sounds great, Neal! I'm worried for everybody's safety being back on campus... but having access to the comic books in Bizzell is going to be really nice; the Indian Epics class lost access to all the comic books in the second half of the semester, which is exactly when they come into play in the reading. I hope that everybody will get to make use of the comics this semester. ALL the Shiva comic books are really cool, and there are also lots of folktale comics that make good reading after the long-and-intense epics!
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