Paul's Indian Epics Blog

Articles Silence the Critical Voices in your Head This article discusses the "positivity" needed in order to persevere and pursue our goals. One being to look for the positive side of things. Focus on your strengths and achieve different goals. Don't dwell on your weaknesses, as that will only put you back farther than you may already be. Second, hear the positive. Let the positive feedbacks be known. Acknowledge what is complimented towards you and try to emulate those positive feedbacks. Third, understand the positive. Instead of generally going about compliments, appreciate them and be aware. Let the person know that you're greatful in a humble way. Fourth, believe in the positive. Although you may see the honesty of the person's words, take it as is and be greatful. Just believe that they have good intentions and that they're truly complimenting you for what they've said.  Why rejection hurts so much - and what to do about it This articl...

Brainstorming Topic 1: Music I chose this as a potential topic, because I tend to listen to a variety of music and diving into Indian/God-Goddess related music would be interesting. I don't have any prior knowledge of Indian music and the history of it as well. I would definitely like to gain some knowledge over this topic, so that I may expand my diversity within music and respect other's culture. I looked into a few Gods that relate to music, and  Krishna  seemed to come across my eye. I will need to further my research in this specific area and see if this could be my potential story!  Topic 2: Karma This is another topic of interest, because it is a popular topic that I would like to get my hands on. I don't have great knowledge over karma, but I do know that there is good karma and bad karma. Whether you do good deeds or not, will determine your fate with karma. I would definitely want to develop a greater understanding behind this and maybe come up wi...

The Gambler and The Fools *updated story on my portfolio -> https://sites.google.com/view/indianepicsportfolio/first-story There once was a gambler named, Farah. This man was a trickster, who was very good at manipulating people and taking away people's money. Although, he would end up losing it all by gambling it away. Farah had to move cities every few weeks because his name was on the blacklist after he had taken much of the people's money. Not only was he blacklisted, there were mobs after to kill him. Frightened by this fact, he had to move quickly after taking the money. Farah had moved along 30 cities since he had started his adventure and came across a small town that seemed as if there were little to no people. The city he landed on was called, Dahu. This city was a small town that had a handful of people, but held a sufficient amount of money. Once Farah figured this fact out, he decided to plan something in order to fill his pockets once again. He knew that...

Reading Notes Bibliography:  The Foolish, Timid Rabbit  by Ellen C. Babbitt Image from "The Foolish, Timid Rabbit This story was quite hilarious to me. I love reading stories like this one, where the rabbit is unaware of his surroundings and causes a ruckus all around. The first rabbit who is scared the world was going to break runs for his life, once the sound of a crack is heard behind him, which was just a coconut. As he runs and runs, animals of all sorts join in until they come across the King Lion. Once the King Lion backtracks the first rabbits steps, he ends up calling the rabbit a fool.  Bibliography:  The Cunning Crane and the Crab  by  W. H. D. Rouse Image from "The Cunning Crane and the Crab In this story, the Crane is pretty clever and plots a plan to eat all the fish. The lake the fish were currently at was drying up from the heat, so they were bound to dry up and die. However, there was a beautiful lake nearby, that was...

Some reading options I picked out for myself Krishna and Narakasura This particular story could be one for me, because it seems action packed and I would like to see what happens in the end.  Ganesha This story as well carries some action and seems to have an interesting story behind the boy being beheaded and an elephant head being placed instead. Krishna and Shishupala This story seemed interesting because it involves a boy who was supposed to be killed at birth, but was destined to only be killed by his killer.