Storytelling Week 13: Ganghari The Mother Who Lost It All

In the magical land of Oklahoma lived many god like deities. One day in the land of King Dhritarashtra there was immense anger in the household. The king has had it with his inability to produce children with his wife Ganghari.  They have attempted many times to conceive but never once were able to succeed. The king in pure anger started to verbally mistreat his wife. His wife was devastated feeling it was her fault. She prayed and prayed until one night she got a vision that she would conceive one hundred children. She told her husband the next day of her vision. They visited the nearest hospital and it was confirmed they were expecting one hundred children.

After a few years have gone by her husband began to lose his vision. The day came where he was no longer capable of seeing anything. He had gone completely blind. She lived with her husband sadness and decided to blind fold her eyes to share his pain. She had made a promise to the gods to share her husbands fate.

Years have passed and she has grown accustomed to her blindness. Until one day she walked into her room and she found out her husband was having an affair! She had not thought much of it and decided to let it go. The king and his lover Kunti had a child together named Bhama. She was pretty upset but continued to live with it. One night she had a dream that Bhama would kill her son. She knew how important her dreams were in reality. She feared that any day Bhama would kill her son. She told the king and Kunti about it but they thought she was foolish.

The next morning, they get the news that Bhama had killed her dearest son Duryodhana. Ganghari is extremely saddened by her luck. She is extremely devastated. She is extremely infuriated with the gods! Her husband comes in and he tries to console her but her anger sends a beam that shoots out of her eyes accidently hitting her husband right in the heart. She takes of her blind fold and sees what she has done. She drops on her knees and begins to cry. She has broken the heart of her husband. Kunti walks into the room and sees what has happened she also drops on her knees. They both begin to cry together and from the skys comes a beam of light that takes her to the heavens above. The gods have granted her the ability to live among them and to enjoy all the good things they can offer.

 

Ganghari and her Husband: Mahabharata

Author’s note

This story deals with the comic book story of Gandhari: AMother Blinded by Love. I decided to do my story about her because in the stories I have read about the Pandavas and the Kaurava she does not receive much attention. I feel like very little is focused upon her and all the she had to go through. IN this comic book she actually covers her eyes with a blindfold to share her husband’s misfortune. In the actual story the king does not actually have an affair. It seems like in many of the stories they just kind of accept it and not say much about it. I created an affair to draw attention to the fact that she isn’t the only one in the king’s life. She also foresees her sons death to on of the Pandava brothers. Gandhari and Kunti were actually good friends which I did not add any actually fighting between them to portray their serene relationship. Duryodhana is not her favorite son she actually realizes that her son is actually and evil being.

She is actually devastated by what has happened to her son Duryodhana that she does shoot fire from her eyes. The fire actually takes out Yudhisthira’s toes not the king.

Week 13 reading diary:Ganghari: a motherblinded by love

This reading diary is over the story Ganghari: a motherblinded by love. This week I wanted to read stories that deal with characters different from the usual that I am use to writing about. Even though most of the comics revolve around our two assigned readings at the beginning of the semester I try to give emphasis to characters I feel did not receive much attention. In this story I am looking at the wife of Dhritarashtra who if you remembered is the father to the Kauravas. I really want to focus on her blind folding herself just to share the same fate of her husband who is blind. I also want to talk about how Duryodhana could have been abolished since a baby but his dad decided to keep him. The story continues and it explains how kunti and Gandhari really like each other but their children hate each other. I want to create a story in which the Gandhari realizes that her son is bad but she actually decided to take control and tries to get rid of her son even if it hurts her. I would also like to focus on the scene where she has a vision that her son is going to fall to the hands of Bhima. I am also interested in writing about how Gandhari burns the toes of Yudhisthira through her blind fold. I also want to talk about who she curses Krishna.

The cover of the comic:Blogspot

Week 13 Reading Diary: Kumbhakarna: The sleeping giant

I chose to do my reading diary over the comic book story Kumbhakarna: The sleeping giant. I wanted to read something that was different this week. I have mainly focused on stories about the Pandava brothers and Hanuman. I want to incorporate this week’s stories in to my story book project that deals with Sampati and Jatayu. I will have them fight with the beast and in my retelling of the story I will have the giant be noble. As I read the story I found out that this is the giant that Ravana tried to use to take out Rama and his army.  Also from reading the Wikipedia site I learned that he is also related to Ravana. I may actually use these two evil brother vs Sampati, Jatayu, Sugriva, and Hanuman. That would be an epic battle! I also learned that in the battle against Rama he injured Hanuman and Sugriva. I also learned from the Wikipedia site that he had two brothers which I might actually create in my own story to try and revenge his father’s death. In my story I will also add a bigger scene to where his awakening is much more devastating to the city of Oklahoma which I have created my story around. I am also interested in incorporating a scene where I can relate his ability to defeat Indra. Maybe have him fight Drona in my story to represent this scene.

Cover of comic book: Blogspot