Logan Biggs Blog Fall 2020

   Bibliography: R.K Narayan, Narayan's Mahabharata, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-2-narayans-mahabharata.html -A king names Shantanu falls in love with a women by a river, but he rules a city named Hainapura. They soon get married and drowns their newborn babies in the river. The women explains and says she is the river names Ganga incarnated and she is supposed to give birth to 8 gods. The babies returns to heaven. The eigth baby gets taken and returned to Shantanu when he is grown up, who's name is Devavrata, but will know him as Bhishma. -Shantanu falls in love again, this time with Satyavati. This time, the father objects this marriage because of his son Bhishma. They end up having two sons names, Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. Chitrangada becomes king but dies shortly after, then Bhishma rules as the father figure of Vivhitravirya.  Bhishma sends Amba away, but the king of Shalwa rejects her because she has been in another's man's house....

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   Bibliography: Nina Paley, Sita Sings the Blues, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-1-paleys-sita-sings-blues-b.html -Dave broke up with Nina by email and she is devastated. -Rama finds out that Sita, his wife, is pregnant. Also, Dhobi, a laundry man, compares her wife to Sita and beats her for being unfaithful. -Lakshmana, Rama's brother, takes Sita into the forest to abandon her, Rama's tells him to do this. -Sita would kill herself if she was not pregnant, rather than get abandon in this forest but Valmiki rescues her. -Sita gives births to twins after she sings the blues on the shore of the river. The twins, Lava and Kusha. -Nina wants Dave back and calls him in India. -Rama hears his boys singing in the forest and figures out they are his sons. He makes Sita prove her purity. -Sita sings about her love for Rama then leaves them. -While Nina is in New York, she reads the Ramayana and works on this film. Sita Sings The Blues 

  Bibliography: Nina Paley, Sita Sings the Blues, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-1-paleys-sita-sings-blues-b.html -Lakshmi rises from the sea, Shiva in a ring of fire while Brahma, Lakshmi and Vishnu rest on Shesha.  -Surya (Sun God), Chandra (Moon God), Bhumi (Earth Goddess) -Dave, Nina's bf, got a job in India. (San Fran) -King Dasharatha has 4 sons and 3 wives. Sita is Rama's wife. -Nina says bye to her bf (San Fran) -Ravana steals Sita. Some say Ravana is a good king, but others don't agree. Ravana was the king of Sri Lanka, and an land bridge connecting India to the island. - Surpanakha is Ravana's sister. Angry at Rama, Surpanakha tells Ravana about Sita. Maricha tells Ravana to leave Sita alone but Ravana commands Maricha to become a golden deer to distract Rama so he can grab Sita. -Sita sings about her love for Rama but Ravana abducts Sita. Sita drops jewelry for a sign and Rama seeks her in the forest -Vishnu incarnates as Hanuman. Rama ...

 Bibliography: R.K . Narayan, Ramayana, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-2-of-2-narayans-ramayana-reading.html -Hanuman grows big to cross the ocean of Lanka, but then shrinks. Sita is found in the Ashoka Vana where she is being guarded by demons. She wants to die because she feels so lost. Hanuman grows bigger and kills Ashoka Vana. -Indrajit captures Hanuman and takes him to Ravana. Vibhishana, Ravana's brother, tries to persuade Ravana not to kill Hanuman. Hanuman's tail is lit on fire and burns Lanaka, but Maya rebuilds the city. -Vibhishana has to remind Ravana that he was cursed by Nandi to be destroyed by a monkey. - Rama orders the sea god  to help his armies cross the water to Lanka, threatening to evaporate all the water in the sea. The sea agrees to let Rama build a bridge, which he does with the help of men, monkeys and all kinds of animals, including a squirrel. -Kumbakarna swallows lots of monkeys, then Rama kills him. Indrajit creats a phant...

For my Topic I decided to do food. I think there is so much potential with food and there is so much I could talk about.  https://www.diigo.com/profile/laurakgibbs?query=%23100blog+ganesha The first story I will choose to do is "Kubera and Ganesha", I believe this will be a good story for me because it talks about how much Ganesha eats and how much food he loves. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food-news/what-is-lord-ganeshas-favourite-food/articleshow/70900989.cms I believe that this article/story about Ganesha would help me because it informs me about his favorite sweets and talks about a holiday/festival I could talk about. https://livingfoodz.com/stories/celebrating-the-first-foodie-on-ganesh-chaturthi-1070 In this, it talks about Ganpati and his love for desserts but also includes festivals that I can talk about in my storybook. I think it will be a great informative story that I could use to talk about. All of these stories/articles are going to be very h...

 Once upon a time, there was a king who had a lake for his boys to play in. He told the boys that he had gotten fishes in there for them to see and mess around with. While the boys we're at the lake, they saw something very suspicious and out of the ordinary. The suspicious animal was a Turtle, but they had never seen one before. The boys run back to the King and the men inside and yell that there is something in the water, they referred it to as a demon and that the demon was out to get them. The King forced men to go out to the lake to catch this, out of ordinary, species. When the men brought the Turtle back, the King wanted these men to kill it because only fish were supposed to be in the water. As they went around the room and talked about killing the animal, the Turtle pokes it's head out and says, "what have I done to you humans for you guys to want to do something to hurt me and hurt my life? The lake is my safe spot and I would never do anything to hurt you guys, ...

 Bibliography: R.K . Narayan, Ramayana, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-2-of-2-narayans-ramayana-reading.html -Rama calls for help and Sita makes Lakshman to help him(Rama). Ravana disguises as an old hermit and Sita captures but then he reveals his true identity. Ravana picks up the ground Sita is on and flies with her. -Jatayu fights for Sita, but Ravana kills him. Rama and Lakshmana find him dying, but doesn't know which one Ravana went. -Rama and Lakshmana go to the kingdom of Kishkinda and run into Hanuman, who is a monkey, but disguises as a scholar.  -Vali was mad at Sugriva and beats him. Vali takes Sugriva's wife. - Rama feels sorry for Sugriva, who has lost his wife and is in exile. Hanuman thinks Rama could help them to defeat Vali. Hanuman recognizes that Rama is Vishnu  incarnate. The reason Vali could not come to Mount Matanga is because he has been cursed by the sage Matanga. This happened when Vali fought the demon Dundubhi who had ta...

Rama Rama is a possible topic that I think I might want to research more about for my project. I know what reincarnation is but I would like to learn more and possibly write a story about it and come up with my own ideas. I know it is very big in some countries and religions but learning more about it would be very interesting to me. One project idea I have is writing about Rama and the things he went through as a person, I'm not exactly sure how I would do it yet, but it is something that catches my eye since I am already reading Ramayana.  https://sites.google.com/site/lordramastorybook/home This past storybook really catches my eye and is something I would enjoy doing about "Rama, the greatest football player ever." Food Food is an idea I have for my project. I really enjoy food and I feel as if most people do as well especially food that I have never had or heard of in my life. Learning about new foods would be really interesting to me because I don't know anythin...

 Bibliography: R.K . Narayan, Ramayana, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-2-narayans-ramayana-reading.html -All the people are so mad and upset about Rama going into exile. Lakshmana, Rama's brother, wants him to be calm. -One of Rama's brother, Bharata, is gone during Rama's exile at his grandfathers in Ayodhya. People go to Ayodhya to get the return of Bharata without letting him know the reason. Kaikeyi, Bharata's mom, wants to make him king but then rules as regent in Nandigram and refuses to go to Ayodhya again without Rama's return. -Rama meets a women named Kamavalli in the forest, but her real name is Shurpanaka, the sister of Ravana. She tells Rama she is in love with him and wants to marry him. Lakshmana captures her and cuts off her nose, ears, and breasts.  -Most of the gods have been made into servants in Ravana's court, which is in Lanka. Vayu, the god of wind is in charge of sweeping. Agni, god of fire, has to light the lamps. ...

"How to Give Bad Feedback Without Being a Jerk" by Adam Grant  https://heleo.com/adam-grant-give-bad-feedback-without-jerk/8968/ While reading this article, the main things that stood out were the 4 things to do about giving negative feedback without being rude. The first thing was explain why you're giving the feedback. If you don't want to seem like you're being rude, saying mean things, then basically it says to explain why you are doing that. For example, a good example of giving negative feedback but in a good way is,  “I’m giving you these comments because I have very high expectations and I know that you can reach them." The second thing was Taking yourself off a pedestal and basically, letting whoever knows that you are trying your best to be the best you can be. The last 2 things were, 'Ask if the person wants feedback', and 'Have a transparent dialogue, not a manipulative monologue.' I believe these 4 main things are perfect to under...

 One early morning, this squirrel was running around a group of real life humans, having the time of his life when all of a sudden something scary to the squirrel happened. These humans decided that it would be funny to antagonize the little creature. They decided to throw acorns around him, and everyone knows squirrels love acorns, but it came at the little guy so fast, he got super worried. The squirrel decides to run off, on his run, he runs into a cat. (I know squirrels and cats don;'t like eachother, but this story is a little different). The cat starts following the squirrel, and is scared for it's life, but then the cat gentle meows at the squirrel, and they start running away from the humans. The cat and the squirrel had the time of their lives, but the cat was confused where it was running from. So they both run back and creep by the humans without them seeing the 2. They see that they are just being kids and run away. The two fall in love and live happily ever after. ...

http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-2-narayans-ramayana-reading.html  The Ramayana written by R.K . Narayan is a shortened modern version of Indian Epics. The author starts off by introducing the city of Ayodhya where the king is Dasharatha in the kingdom of Koshala. The king has no children and for some reason, according to Narayan, is a problem. God, Vishnu, becomes Dasaratha's son, who's name is Rama.  - Vishvamitra gets to the kings, Dasharatha, court and takes Rama to fight demons. - Vishvamitra takes boys to a desert region which is ran by Thataka, used to be yaksha, a type of god. - Rama does battle and kills Thataka. - Thataka's sons seek revenge for her death from Rama, but they defeat them. - Aswamedha, allows a king to expand his kingdom... makes the gods worried - Sakara performed this and the god Indra stole it. - Traveling to Mithila, dust from Rama's feet falls and Ahalya appears.. she was imprisioned in the stone until released by Rama ...

 https://hbr.org/2016/12/silence-the-critical-voices-in-your-head "Silence the Critical Voices in Your Head" This was the first article I chose to read and I thought it was a good one, especially because I have dealt with this in the past of just negative thoughts that go on in my head. Whether it be for a specific reason or it is just there because. I enjoyed the 4 steps Rejeev went through to turn "negativity into productivity". The four steps is a good process and I'm sure could help a ton of people out there. The four steps of this are, 'Look for the positive', 'Hear the Positive', 'Dig in to understand the positive', and last but not least 'Believe the positive, and act as if it was true'. Although Rajeev didn't enjoy hearing the feedback, it was mainly the tone of voice and different phrases from co workers comments that stuck with him, but this 4 process rule, helps him get through it. " Make it a daily practice to...

  https://sites.google.com/view/jatakas/rabbit The reading that I most enjoyed was called "The Foolish, Timid Rabbit" by Ellen C. Babbitt. I really love animals and this reading was very interesting to me for many reasons. This reading made me excited about possibly doing my own about the Rabbit and all of the other animals but maybe changing it where 2 animals who are running from this "broken earth" fall in love or something. Here's a little break down in bullet points of what happened in this reading: 1. Rabbit thinks to himself, oh what if the earth is breaking, something falls and the Rabbit thinks it is so takes off running. 2. Lots and lots of Rabbits follow him on this journey of running from the breaking earth because he told all the other Rabbits that he/she witnessed it first hand. 3. As they were running, the Rabbits pass by a Deer, a Fox, and an Elephant. All of these animals join on the journey of running as far as they can to get away. 4. Lion see...

 The Ramayana I have chose is option 2, Public Domain Edition. I chose this one because it is an anthology version and I had never heard of that until now but it sounds interesting. I like how in anthology, there are many different poems and pieces of writings from you to look at and read. I also enjoy that there are 4 different sections of each reading, like A, B, C, and D for example for you to read and understand what is going on. I'm interested in learning how this collection of writings is shown since I have never heard of it or seen anything like this before looking at today's reading assignment. http://ackguide.blogspot.com/2015/05/guide-kubera.html The first comic book that caught my eye was "Kubera: The Lord of Wealth". As you know, I am a finance major and I've always enjoyed messing around with money and understanding where it comes from so this is one reason this caught my eye, just to realize how he became the Lord. Also, It interested me about the st...