Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Reading Plan
For the next six weeks I would like to read lots of different Indian stories rather than reading different versions of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. This way, I can learn much more about the Indian culture and get ideas for my stories from lots of different sources. I would like to start with reading Giant Crab by Rouse for week 9 because it sounds interesting. For week 10, I would like to read Twenty Jataka Tales because it sounds interesting and I think I could get a lot of good inspiration from reading this. I will read The Life of Buddha for Week 11, and then follow that with reading Indian Fables and Folklore by Devi for Week 12. For Week 13, I will learn more about Krishna by reading Cox's Tales of Ancient India: Krishna and the Gods. Finally, for Week 14 I will read Legends of India - Arjuna, by Hopkins.
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Tucker, just a quick note to say that I am excited that you want to explore the jataka tales and other Indian folktales. The jatakas are really exciting; they are one of the oldest folktale collections in the world, and there are so many kinds of stories in there. I hope you will like that! Another book you might like is the one called "Sacred Tales" by Neogi - those are folktales that have a special connection to the gods and goddesses!
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