Week 2: Reading Diary A

I love that there was a background description in the introduction, to layout the foundation of what to expect at least in the book. Plus, I grasp on to what I'm reading when there is a little background history to the story. I found it interesting to read that many people across North India went on strike, so that the government would sponsor the Indian epic Ramayana. What was so important about this television show? My first impression was this the Indian epic Ramayana, was the modern day reality television shows that we consume our lives with today,  (pages 7-11)

  

Rama's Initiation: 

Sage Viswamithra, whom was once a king and conqueror, ask of the help of a son named Rama to help conqueror the five-fold evils (lust, anger, miserliness, egoism and envy). His father objected against him going alone and wanted to go with him, but the Sage Viswamithra denied his request. Instead he was sent with his brother Lakshmana. The initiation that Rama and his brother went through was a true test of man. It seemed that the path that they were to embark on was one that had never been conquered by anyone else. As the approach the scene they are greeted with bones of animals that had perished and a waking ground. Rama and his brother Lakshmana soon realize that their journey that they have embarked on has several stories behind them. What will the stories for show about the long journey?   

Rama, his wife Sita, the devotee Hanuman and Rama's three brothers