Epics of India

This story has been added to my portfolio project. Read the most up to date version here . Josh was walking home from school with his older brother Jacob on a beautiful, breezy spring day. It was one of those perfect days. The sun was shining, the temperature was lovely, and Josh was starting to feel excited for his tenth birthday which, as of today, was exactly one month away. The brothers turned the corner onto Hickory Lane and walked one block. At the intersection of Hickory Lane and 4th Avenue they crossed the street to walk on the north side of the road to 6th Avenue. All the children in their small town walked on the north side and never on the south side of Hickory between 4th and 6th Avenues to avoid The Hickory Lane Terror. Image Source: pxhear On the corner of Hickory and 5th there was an old dilapidated house. The decades old white paint that hadn't already peeled off was gray with age and the windows were so dusty someone on the street could barely tell if an...

Krishna playing his flute Krishna's brother, Balram, wants to get stronger so he can kill the violent and aggressive bull Hastin with only one punch. Hastin is the root of the family tree for all the cows in Vrindavan and therefore all the cows come from him similar to how Krishna is the entire cosmos. Hastin terrorized the village and everyone there was afraid of him. In Epified's " Krishna rides Hastin ," Krishna shows Balram and the other gopis how killing the bull is unnecessary by taming the bull with kindness and generosity. Krishna vows to ride Hastin on the next full moon to demonstrate his success. Krishna implements his plan by visiting Hastin every night. During the visits Krishna plays his flute for the bull and feeds him tasty treats like jaggery , a type of cane sugar. At the beginning of the plan Krishna keeps his distance, but each night as his plan progresses he moves closer and closer to the dangerous bull. At the end of the month, on Purnima...

Statue of Krishna When Krishna was born his father, Vasudeva, found a way to protect Krishna from his Uncle, the king Kamsa, who had killed all of Vasudeva's other children. While the rest of the kingdom slept, Vasudeva took his son to the village of Gokul, a village of gopis, or cowhearders, and switched him with the newborn daughter of a gopi couple named Yasoda and Nanda. Vasudeva then returned to the jail where he and his wife, Devaki, were being held with the newborn gopi girl.  Krishna was raised by Yasoda and Nanda in their village. As he grew up he was loved by the villagers, but he and his friends also played pranks on them constantly. Their favorite prank was to break open the containers of butter and curd that women carried on their heads. This activity earned Krishna the nickname maakhan-chor or the butter thief. One day Krishna's older brother, Balarama, informed Yasoda that Krishna was acting up again by eating mud. When she went outside to find out ...