As I continued to read Narayan’s Ramayana, I again chose the first passage which was Bharata Returns (originally from Indian Myths and Legends by Donald A. Mackenzie) as a story that stood out to me. I half expected Bharata to return and be grieved by his father’s death but excited by Rama’s dethroning and his installation of King of … More Week 2, Reading Diary, continued: Narayan’s Ramayana

For this assignment I read the PDE version. In King Dasharatha (originally from India Myths and Legends by Donald A. McKenzie) I found a scene I loved. In the description of King Dasharatha garden there was such detail that went in to describing the animals and foliage. As I pondered a little more over that second paragraph I could … More Week 2 Reading Diary: Narayan’s Ramayana.