Ramayan's Mahabarata Part D, Laura Gibbs
Pg. 133
Duryodhana wants to take Krishna captive
Karna says he will only attack Ajuna in upcoming battle and spare the other 4 sons
Pg. 145
Arjuna is ready to fight
Krishna is in his cosmic form
Pg 151.
Karna agrees to fight
Pg 160.
Drona dies
Pg 162.
Arjuna kills Krishna
Pg. 167
There is talk of making Arjuna kinf
Pg 177.
Krishna'
Krishna is killed by a hunter
Ally sat in her first hour class. She spent an hour last night putting her outfit together. It was perfect. It gave off just the vibes she was going for, extremely studious but still cute. She was wearing an gray t-shirt with an owl on it, pink corduroy shorts, grey sparkly tights and brown booties. She had confidence she would definitely be the most stylish girl in the 7th grade. She was looking forward to first hour, reading, and feeling like her best self. She was about to walk into the classroom when the school counselor Ms. Vandaveer stopped her. She grabbed her by the arm, looked her up and down and said "your shorts are too short." Ally started to panic. She knew her shorts didn't fit the school rules but thats why she added the tights, they even made everything more boho. She could feel her cheeks starting to flush and knew hot tears would follow quickly. Ally was a rule follower and did not deal well with negative confrontation from authority figures.
Before she knew it she was sitting is Ms. Vandaveer's office completely petrified. Ms. Vandeveer began her condescending lecture. "You're outfit is very cute and I can see you put effort in but the tights are just not appropriate and they don't bring your outfit up to code." She sighed and continued. "We have these rules in place because if we didn't it would just be too hard for the boys to focus."
Ally looked down at her chicken legs, and pre-pubescent 13 year old body and was so confused. Ms. Vandaveer made her sit outside the office. So to add to her shame she got pitying looks from her class mates and the occasional "What are you doing here?" from her peers as she waited on her mom to bring her a pair of pants. This day was starting off quite differently than she imagined and frankly she didn't want to be at school anymore.
I based this story off of Narayan's Mahabharata part C, by Laura Gibbs. This is inspired by the part of the story where Draupadi is raped and instead of being helped she is exiled for the crime committed against her. I believe a lot of victim blaming still exists in current culture and this exile is dramatic but not far fetched. Many times when a woman speaks out about sexual assault she is blamed, called a liar and told she was "asking for it".
Narayan's Mahabharata Part C, Laura Gibbs
pg. 85
Duryodana makes a royal camp near the Pandavas
Duryodana is captured then set free by the Pandavas
pg. 88
All of Yudisthiras brother's die because they drank from a lake without answering questions
This was a test by the God of death Yama
Pg. 93
Draupadi is raped
Draupadi is exiled for this
Pg. 99
Karna loses fight to Arjuna
Pg, 114
Uttara and Abhimanyu get married
Pg. 122
Gandhari says war is bad
The Ox Who Won the Forfeit , Ellen C. Babbitt The Turtle Who Won the Forfeit Once upon a time there was a very fast turtle. He was so fast...
