Epics of India

After looking over my storybook notes, I've decided to do pick Dasharatha as my topic to do more research on. The first story I'd like to focus on is Dasharatha's killing of Shravana . Dasharatha was evidently a prolific hunter, and used mainly sound to determine the type of animal, direction, and distance. Using these senses, he somehow mistook Shravana for an elephant and killed him. Shravana was getting his blind parents water, and upon hearing the news curse Dasharatha, which is what he believed killed him shortly thereafter. The second story I'd like to focus on is Dasharatha granting Kaikeyi two boons . Dasharatha was in a war against the Asuras, and upon being injured severely in his chariot, Kaikeyi saved his life. Dasharatha granted her two boons then, although Kaikeyi originally just said she was just happy to save his life, although we know she called in those favors later. This short story about him being in was, her saving his life, and then her calling...

For my first topic idea of my storybook, I've chosen Dasharatha , one of the stories in the Ramayana. I wrote about this topic in my reading overview blog post, and was initially drawn to it by the moral dilemmas it seemed to pose. I'm fascinated by open-ended questions where there is no clear side to argue for, and this topic appears to provide plenty of those. I have no previous knowledge on the topic, but I'm interested to learn how the Ramayana and specifically the epics about Dasharatha approach moral conflicts. Due to my interest in the situations this topic will provide, I think I could use the dilemmas involved to practice expanding my creativity, and I think it will be more feasible for me to stray away from the original story more and just focus on the morals. I'm specifically interested in the topic of Dasharatha's end, where he makes an ultimate choice that ends his life. I'd like to make a story revolving around this idea, where a character makes th...