My Reading Options

     

Birth of Dasaratha's sons: Wikimedia

     One of the things that attracts me to the free version of Ramayana for the week 2 and week 3 reading is the notes that are attached to each page. I am brand new with learning about Indian Epics, so having a guide to help me along with learning about it will make it a lot easier and more worthwhile. For the week 5 reading, I am thinking about using the free online book The Divine Archer. Not only is it free and I can read it anywhere, it also has notes attached to it, so I can see what the pages are roughly about if I get confused. I also like this book because it is different than the first book for weeks 2 and 3. Ramayana is written in a single page format, so the language differs depending on the page.The Divine Archer is written by a single author, so there is a lot more consistency in the language used. While I like being able to do my reading online, I can see myself getting tired of the old-language that is used in some of the online books. I may switch up my reading style for Weeks 6-7 and chose the paper copy of  Mahabharata. For the upcoming semester, I will most likely want to keep my strategy of switching my readings around, so I don't get too exhausted with one kind of reading.

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