Epics of India

When it comes to making progress within yourself and increasing your mental capacity, having a growth mindset is essential. The only true limit of one's abilities when you stop striving to achieve with what's given to you and what you created over time by yourself. I enjoy this article about fixed mindsets versus growth mindsets, as it definitely can be applied to the average college student. Those who struggle with self esteem would feel that if their intelligence was locked to a certain level, it explains why they cannot achieve what they are searching for in life because they would rather assume they are beneath their peers and gain the necessary knowledge to make their dreams a reality. With a growth mindset, failure is nothing but fuel for one to work harder and gain the abilities to get over whatever adversities that may come your way. I personally agree with the idea that a growth mindset surpasses a fixed mindset, because holding a growth mindset allows for one to open...

Weapons of the Gods is an interesting topic to me because a recurring trope I've seen in media is the use of a modern-day military searching for ancient weapons to get an edge against their enemies, and I have never seen the use of celestial weapons from Indian epics in these stories. My goal would be to write my own story of a hunt for an ancient weapon that could turn the tide in a war, maybe something like the Vajra . Indra is a god that sticks out to me as he holds the same role as Zeus and Thor, but simply in another region. I feel that his origin story and meeting with the other thunder gods would make for a great story in a more realistic setting, like the captain of a sports team versus other high schools, a story built off the rivalry between legends. While I don't hold much knowledge on Indra outside of a brief skim of his article, the equal standing between the thunder gods and my knowledge of the other two would be used in a tournament arc-style plot. The God of Lo...

EDIT: You can find the latest version of this story on my portfolio . In Night City, anything can happen. Those who are hungry, ambitious, and ruthless, can claw their way to the top and become a legend amongst legends. But staying on top takes more than power, as one alpha can easily be toppled by another with the tides of time. The true rulers of the city, corpos who follow no law and no humane line of morality, crush any and all who oppose their profits and influence. But the existence of these pillars of greed allow for those at the bottom to chip away and grab their own fortunes from those who dictate their daily lives. For the citizens brave enough to take this risk, fixers running the underground find jobs and send them out to the right mercs, taking a slice of the pie as a consultant fee. Enter Dexter DeShawn, a notorious fixer with a past that veers those with experience away from him, but a reputation drawing in all who are desperate to make a quick buck. V, an upcoming name ...

In the story of the Crocodile and the Monkey's Heart , compiled in a book by Marie L. Shedlock, it is interesting how at first glance one may see the monkey as the main character, but from a practical standpoint the crocodile is also a character who has done no wrong. As a husband he wished to provide for his wife, and as his wife was a carnivore by nature who consumed animals, he simply wanted to please her. While the monkey is easily sided with because no one wants the monkey to die, in terms of the food chain the crocodile is just trying to be a predator who can catch their prey, although rather than using the usual method of hunting he attempts to employ some wits instead. I could see this plot being rewritten as a comedy show for television where the crocodile and monkey meet under unfortunate circumstances or a misunderstanding, and end up becoming friends even with their opposite natures. The story is riveting because as a reader I wanted to know right away whether the croco...

 I'll be reading the version Tiny Tales from the Ramayana  since being an entirely new idea for this semester seems interesting and having bite-sized stories allows me to get a taste of every tale and figure out which ones would pull me in deeper to read more on my own.  The Lord of Lanka: The Rise and Fall of a Demon King  and  Vishvamitra: The King Who Became an Ascetic  are the comics that pique my interest the most, with a chronicle of a fallen demon king having a cool title by nature, and the rise of a king to a spiritual leader also seems heavily interesting. Ancient Technology - Atlantis and India  and Rama and the Ramayana: Crash Course World Mythology #27  seem cool because I'm wondering what they'll cover about Atlantis, and Crash Course is just always an enjoyable watch. I added this image of Hayagriva and Brahma because I'm curious what's going on in the photo since it seems like one is blessing the other with an object of some sort. H...