Week 2 Reading Overview

The Ramayana
I'm choosing to read Narayan's version of The Ramayana not only because I ordered and now already have the book, but also as I like reading physical copies of stories. I am interested to read the stories in the 'novel' format they are written in for Narayan's version. I hope that I will still have time to explore the other version online, particularly the illustrations and the links that further explain some of the characters and terms.
Comic Books and Videos
For the comic books, I'm firstly interested in reading "Vasantasena, A Dancer". It honestly caught my attention because it was about a dancer, but after reading the synopsis, which sounds like the plot to several modern comedies, I'm more curious to see how the story is portrayed as a comic. Secondly, I'd like to read "Tales of Durga", and I was drawn to the cover because it seemed to be about a female protagonist who was in the midst of battle (not being saved or caught in a love story). After reading more into it and learning that she is also a goddess, I am even more interested in reading this comic. Although there isn't a write up for it, I'd like to also read "Tapati". For the videos, firstly the Crash course video on Rama and the Ramayana caught my attention, because I've used crash course to help me in a lot of my classes and I really enjoy their videos. Secondly, the "Hindu Creation Stories" looked interesting as well, because I like to learn about origin stories in different cultures.

The Creation of Druga. ca. 1810–20; Markandeya Purana
India (Punjab Hills, Guler). Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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