Reading Notes: Narayan's Ramayana, Section A


Chapter 1:
  • The sage Viswamitha comes to King Dasaratha to ask to take Rama to help him with a yagna (Rama nor his brother are present)
    • What if Dasaratha was adamant about not letting Rama go (maybe have Rama be there during the exchange), and Rama and his brother sneak out on their own or with the help of the sage instead?
  • The scenes are vividly described; painted like pictures
    • come back to desert description on page 11 (location 461) for example
  •  What if the sage could be some crazy but powerful/smart old man along the lines of Rick from Rick and Morty
    • He could sneak Rama out by way of strange or unreasonable means
    • He could help Rama and his brother deal with the desert first by insulting them for not being able to tolerate the heat and drought and then "reluctantly" giving them aid
  •  In reference to Rama being iffy about killing the female demon, Thataka:
    • "She's a bureaucrat, Rama! She's not a person!" (really just a demon)
  • Rama fighting Thataka with his bow in Morty-fashion
    • i.e. a lot of screaming, uncertainty, and existential dread
  • Sage doing yagna with Rama and bro's protection from demons
    • in style of fighting more bureaucrats without them being bureaucrats
 Chapter 2:
  • Rama and Sita having an awkward way too quick love story
    • In style of a new kid in high school getting the girl and yadda yadda yadda...
  •  What if Rama instead accidentally breaks the bow? Imagine an incredible, glorious buildup, and then whoops!
  • Consider elaborateness like that of the procession of Dasaratha's army and lead-up to in terms of writing detail
 Chapter 3:
  • Kooni, the hunchback, saw prep for Rama's coronation; Dasaratha being sneaky about whole thing since Bharatha was visiting grandfather
    • a thought occurs along the lines of The Hunchback of Notre Dame 

  • Retell rise of Bharatha in terms of a more corrupt plot? Bharatha wanted the throne for himself more than wanting Rama to take it? King poisoned instead of dying from a broken heart?
    • Stabbed x amount of times by most trusted like in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar? (nah...)
Kaikeyi, because of two boons promised to her by the king, banishes Rama 
to the forest for 14 years and says Bharata must become king
Web Source: Wikimedia Commons


Bibliography. Narayan's Ramayana, link to Reading Guide A.

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