Reading Notes: Nine Ideal Indian Women, Part B
I love the idea of a woman riding into battle to back up her husband. This reminds me a little bit of Mulan. I could write about a woman whose husband is called into battle and she follows him. She might feel that her life would be over if something happened to him so she might as well be there to fall with him. He, of course, would try to stop her. She would insist on standing beside him no matter what.
I wish that Mandodari had not given Indrajit her blessing, and had instead convinced him to not fight. Surely, they both could see the ridiculousness of this war. Maybe Promila could have told her husband and mother-in-law how reasonable Rama was and they could return Sita to him instead of fighting Ravana's battles for him. It really irritates me that Ravana sat back and let his sons go fight and die for him because of some petty and selfish need for Sita.
I feel that Sakuntala's story could've been much different if Dushmanta hadn't been such a kind man. I would not trust a random man in the forest. I could rewrite this to be creepier. A man emerges from the woods and tries to seduce a girl picking flowers. She and her sisters try to evade him, but he keeps coming back and asking for her hand in marriage. Even worse, would be that her parents marry her off to him anyways. Another idea might be that this king she's just married is not truly a king and the kingdom he mentions is false.
I really like the idea of two lovers being unfortunately separated, but later reunited. I would like to write about this in more of a modern setting maybe. I could also make this a bittersweet story by having the man find his son and know who he is, but the mother has already passed away.
Bibliography: "Promila" and "Sakuntala" from Nine Ideal Indian Women by Sunity Devee
Image Information: Woman with Sword, Source: Wikimedia Commons
I wish that Mandodari had not given Indrajit her blessing, and had instead convinced him to not fight. Surely, they both could see the ridiculousness of this war. Maybe Promila could have told her husband and mother-in-law how reasonable Rama was and they could return Sita to him instead of fighting Ravana's battles for him. It really irritates me that Ravana sat back and let his sons go fight and die for him because of some petty and selfish need for Sita.
I feel that Sakuntala's story could've been much different if Dushmanta hadn't been such a kind man. I would not trust a random man in the forest. I could rewrite this to be creepier. A man emerges from the woods and tries to seduce a girl picking flowers. She and her sisters try to evade him, but he keeps coming back and asking for her hand in marriage. Even worse, would be that her parents marry her off to him anyways. Another idea might be that this king she's just married is not truly a king and the kingdom he mentions is false.
I really like the idea of two lovers being unfortunately separated, but later reunited. I would like to write about this in more of a modern setting maybe. I could also make this a bittersweet story by having the man find his son and know who he is, but the mother has already passed away.
Bibliography: "Promila" and "Sakuntala" from Nine Ideal Indian Women by Sunity Devee
Image Information: Woman with Sword, Source: Wikimedia Commons
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