Reading Notes: Indira Parthasarathy's Krishna Krishna, Part A

• The darkness, emptiness, and unable-to-observe imagery reminds me of the Hindu Calendar Art videos in the extra readings. By this, I mean the lack of the ability to observe and lack of life does correlate to the end of the universe, that is Vishnu closing his eyes.
• And in a senses, Vishnu's eyes were closed in his incarnation as Krishna right before his death.
• I still do not understand why piercing Krishna's soles would result in his death.
• Explore the curse given to the Yadava clan by the insulted sages. Explore how the clan's wealth and power destroyed them.
• Narada as one who relays news sounds like Mercury.
• Narada can cause quarrels among gods and goddesses, spreads gossip and rumors, and spins tales...
• Is he a good choice to use in a story one writes as the one who starts a quarrel, directly or indirectly?
• Krishna is a more rebellious and well-rounded incarnation of Vishnu. Perhaps one can look at his rebellious nature in a story: Krishna the bad boy; Krishna, one who fulfills dreams; so on and so forth.
• Women adored him and sought him for help. Imagine underground operations where Krishna did this.
• A voice tells Kamsa that the eighth child of Devaki, his cousin, would kill him. Only he could hear it... Rather than Macbeth, this makes me think Kamsa is experiencing some form of schizophrenia...
• Not to discount the seriousness of a mental disease, but this could be interesting to look into...
• Note that he goes among wanting to kill Devaki, killing all eight children, killing only the eighth, and then killing all of them and then some.
• Women enjoying freedom unbound by gender restrictions... I wonder how far that extends during these times.
• You could add dialogue and action with how the brahmins dealt with Krishna's suggestion to worship the hill.
• Compare them to the old white men in the government trying to control women's lives.

• Go into the love story of Krishna and Radha/Nappinai.
• Krishna was told of his birth, his need to save his parents, and that Kamsa planned to kill him. In a way, that sounds a lot like a "the chosen one" type of story. And just like that type, he goes along with such a choice to end Kamsa without question and absolutely resolute.
• Krishna goes into an expensive clothing shop and is told to leave by the stuck-up shopkeeper and two bodyguards. Krishna merely takes the clothes and puts them on with his brother. The keeper and guards then try to pounce on him only to end up in a pile outside. This sounds a lot like a cartoon. You could easily see slapstick or something like the movie Aladdin in this.
• Kamsa's voice in his head really was just a voice. Maybe you actually can pin it on paranoia or schizophrenia.

Krishna playing the flute

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Bibliography. Krishna Krishna by Indira Parthasarathy, link to Overview.