Epics of India - MLLL 4993-996

How do I tell you about this? Article 1 - Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback This article mentions one main flaw with how feedback currently works, and that is that "it focuses on the past, on what has already occurred—not on the infinite variety of opportunities that can happen in the future". This is really problematic and affects how the feedback is perceived. Rather than it leading to better performance in the future, it is viewed as a reminder of what was done wrong in the past. The process of giving individual FeedForward advice is detailed thoroughly in the article. Reading the responses of the individual that participated in the experiments is very interesting. They managed to turn the primarily negative process of receiving feedback into one in which the participants are happy and looking forward to their future work. Article 2 - How to Craft Constructive Feedback The main focus of this article was to match the kind of feedback that you give to what the...

Ganesha and Kartikeya Story 1 - Ganesha's Birth The birth of Ganesha was something that I mentioned in my last post about the class project. The story that I used there was lifted from the Wikipedia page on Ganesha. However there is a different telling of the story here 1 . In this version his parents Shiva and Parvati are referred to as Siwa and Uma respectively. Additionally the events that lead to Ganesha losing his head are vastly different. In this retelling, the loss of his head was due to the hubris of Uwa refusing to heed the warnings of Sani, rather than a raging Shiva. Alternatively, the Wikipedia article's story is also referenced in this video 2 . Regardless this is story that could be altered and retold to have many different meanings as it seems it has already been done. On the other hand, perhaps a story could be told to unify the two differences. Story 2 - Ganesha's Brother For the story revolving around Ganesha's brother, the race described i...

The Last Wish Source We've all been there haven't we? Stuck in-between breaking a sacred oath or the complete destruction of the planet... Just me?...Oh... I take it that you would like to here my story then. Life as a genie isn't always as easy as it sounds. Being an all powerful magical being seems fun. Three wishes and that's it, easy enough, right? Wrong! Sure, you get your occasional person who, feeling bad for all the things they have done, wishes to give back, and to help others. It is people like this that I live to serve. However, this is rarely the case. It is surprising, the amount of cruelty, spite, and rage that exists between Humans. Anyone and everyone always has someone they hate. Today’s case was far different from the rest. Years back, I had served a man with the largest of grudges. For he held in his heart an amount of a...

Bharata Returns  1 With Bharata on course to be the new king with work of Kaikeyi. It was entirely possible for him to do so and there would not have been a rejection from anyone as Dasharatha was bound by his boons, thus so was Bharata. However, Bharata was reluctant to become the raj. He felt betrayed by his own mother and was distraught at the loss of his father and brother. He vowed that "he would never sit on the throne, but would hasten after Rama to entreat him to return" (it doesn't work). The Sandals  2 After failing to get Rama to return a become the raj Bharata offered to Rama a pair of fancy sandals. Rama, also, rejected these returning them to Bharata. This results in an interesting aspect to form in Bharata rule over Ayodhya. These sandals will now serve as a stand-in for Rama as the figurative authority in Ayodhya. Sandals...ruling a city... Battle with Khara  3 One note asp...

Rama Wins Sita 1 This story to me showed many similarities to King Arthur and Excalibur. With Rama needing to do an previously impossible task that no man had done before, in exchange for a gift of extraordinary worth. In this case Rama wins Sita in the contest of power, while Arthur won the rite to be king. It would be fun to intermix these two stories into one that still retains the original themes of both. Dasharatha's Karma 2 "Hasten to my sire and inform him of my fate lest his curse should consume thee as a fire consumes a withered tree." This line was foreshadowing of how both the mother and the father of the young boy would jump into his funeral pyre with him as how a 'fire consumes a withered tree'. Dasharatha's Sons 3 I found this story interesting because of the horse sacrifice and the detail that went into...