Epics

A Handmaiden's Horror       The metallic crash of dishes hits the floor, the carefully adorned delicacies proven to now be mere formalities to the authentic intentions of my evening. The smell of sandalwood is everywhere and the world is moving so  quickly that it is quite difficult to grasp what it is that has happened. My heart races. My body cold, chest heaving for breath. I stand backed against large, wooden double doors; the locked and final barrier that  prevents me from escaping to freedom and away from my perpetrator. I am afraid, my hands behind my back cannot find the lock or knob.  Kichaka and Draupadi https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raja_Ravi_Varma ,_Keechaka_and_Sairandhri,_1890.jpg      The lust of Kichaka rages in his un-seeing eyes. He is angry. Everything he has ever wanted, his every desire and whim granted. All but her. Who is this lowly slave girl to think that her virtue should be spared? The monstr...

Arjuna and the Celestial Beings http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/pde-mahabharata-arjuna-and-indra.html Arjuna- The Pandavas have been  exiled to the woods for 12 years, after eldest brother and King loses all of their possessions and livelihood in a game of dice. Draupadi laments theirs suffering and is quite loathsome of the situation that her king has put them all in- she wants revenge and her  old life  back. The former king  does not indulge her requests, but  instead  says, "Anger is sinful; it is the cause of destruction."  And so... nothing is done! While in  exile, the brothers send Arjuna off on his own  to train  and pray for guidance that will  help recover their familiar environment. On his journey, he ends up being requested to go to the city of demons, Hiranyapura, for Indra. There are many a ghoulish and deviled demons, yet Arjuna slays them all. For his great valor and bravery in conquering  Indra's...