Storytelling for Week 14: The Fatal Dice

Duryodhan came back from the Imperial Sacrifice with hatred towards Yuhishthir. He wants to strike back Yudhisthir with the help of Sakuni. The plan was to get Yudhisthir to start gambling his riches. What we know about Yudhisthir is he loves gambling.

The plan that Duryodhan and Sakuni set up was to get Yudhisthir to start gambling and get him to lose all of his gold and jewels. The game Yudhisthir loved to play was dice and he really could not get enough of it. He always wanted to play but he knew that it was not good for him. The only thing was it was dice night and Yudhisthir knew he could not pass this up.

The bad thing for Yudhisthir is that Duryodhan and Sakuni have a plan to get the dice to always be against Yudhishtir so he would lose all of his money. The overall plan was to pay off a man to throw rigged dice that would also land on the wrong numbers in order for Yudhishthir to lose everything. While the gambling will be going on Duryodhan and Sakuni will be hiding so they will not be seen. They will be there watching the dice dealer to make sure he does everything he gets paid to do.

The two men have been making up this plan for along time and will not risk it failing. They have been very angry and filled with jealousy and have made up this genius plan in order to shoot down Yudhishthir. The plan is about to be a go and Yudhishthir is walking up to the dice area with all of his riches. He starts being cocky and gets everyone off just for him to play. He begins to start playing and he starts to lose a few hands and is getting frustrated that he keeps losing. He then starts to bet more and more and Duryodhan and Sakuni start to grin with happiness that their plan is working.

He then starts to wonder why he is losing so much so fast and notices something wrong with the dealer, like he is nervous. He starts to look around and notices Yudhishthir and Sakuni hiding. He is furious and orders his guards to kill them immediately. The guards begin running to kill them and the two men start to run for their lives and before Yudhishthir can look back at the dice dealer he has vanished.

Author’s Note: The story is a twist to the story called Fatal Dice. I just use the same characters but switch up the story line a little bit.

Ramayana and Mahabharata

Bibliography: The Fatal Dice from The Ramayana and Mahabharata by Romesh Dutt. (1899)

Week 13 Reading Diary, continued: The Fatal Dice

Just like usually the author starts off by giving the reader an intro. What I haven’t mentioned in the reading diaries before is that the author is really detailed about the paragraph form in the stories. He always gives us a good idea about what’s going to happen and any details we should be looking out for. This story seems to be about how Duryodhan comes back from the imperial sacrifice. This story is a run on to the last story to an extent. This story is more about what happens when he comes back. Enough about the details of this story. So far this story is just like the other ones and when I say that I mean it starts off with an intro and then goes on and puts the story into just a couple sentences at a time. He uses details to describe almost everything throughout the story. He is very good writer which uses good words to describe the story and is also good at using words to describe people, things, and etc. I have liked how he as set up sections throughout the story to give us a good idea on what to expect. I might have repeated myself but this is a good idea to use sections with titles and numbers. These stories have been so interesting so far and really inspiring as a reader. It makes me what to write stories like this but it is very hard because it requires a creative mind and really takes a lot of time.

Romesh Dutt: The Fatal Dice

Dyuta 

Week 13 Reading Diary: The Imperial Sacrifice

This story is a lot longer then the others he has written so far. While starting off he usually just writes a couple paragraphs to start of and tells us what he is talking about throughout the stories. He has put in a lot more sections in the story and breaks it up just like paragraphs. I think it is a great idea to explain what he is talking about and a good idea to break it up a couple times throughout the story. He also breaks it up and then gives each section titles. I thought this was a lot different then what I have usually been reading. I do think it makes it organized and it gives us an idea what he is going to talk about. I like this because he then changes up how he writes the story. Reminds me of a poem each time he writes it. I think he really likes to write stuff a lot the lines up breaking it up a couple sentences at a time. He has done this for each part of his book. I really like to read it because he is so creative when he is writing the story, which helps me think about new ways to write my stores but again I do not think I can write something like he does. It would take a lot of time to write something like that and he has a lot of creativity. Very interesting story and it was really fun to read.

Romesh Dutt

Romesh Dutt: The Imperial Sacrifice

Week 13 Reading Diary: Continued: The Bride's Choice

For this reading diary I am going to be talking about part B of my reading choice this week. It is called The Bride’s Choice and it is from Mahabharata Book II. This author is very good at writing stories and using great details to describe his story. I have found that he always starts off with an intro in paragraph form so far. I think he does this for the reader because sometimes you get lost in his poetry type stories. They aren’t as easy to follow along like the other stories I have been reading. The other stories so far have more dialogue and they are in paragraph form. They explain the story easier with the dialogue and the paragraphs. It makes it a lot easier with the intro paragraphs to read the story and be like “oh I get what he is trying to say.” I like how the author does this because it helps the reader. I also think it kind of gives the story away to the read which is not a bad thing but at the same time it helps the reader so there is a positive and negative to the story. While reading the story he does use some dialogue but not as much as what I am use to seeing. I think the author does a very good job explaining the story even though it is in poetry form. I have really enjoyed this author so far and I am excited to read next week and finish up the book.

Mahabharata: The Epic of the Bharatas (The Tournament) by Romesh C. Dutt

Brides choice

Week 13 Reading Diary: The Tournament

In this story it is a lot different then I have been reading. The stories in the past are more storytelling in the normal way. In this reading it gives in introduction into the story then the author tells the story in his own form. His form is more along the lines of poetry. He rights a couple lines that seem to flow with each other like a poem. While reading it I thought it was very unique how someone could write a story like this. Personally I would find it very hard to write a poem or anything like a poem. It takes a lot of creativity and the choice of words is very important. I really enjoy reading something like this because it is different then what I am usually use too. I like these types of stories because it helps me be more creative when I tell my stories. I think reading this helps me writing different types of stories. I do not think I could venture far away from my original stories because I like writing the usually type of stories but putting different twists in them. To get more into this author, I had to really think about what he was saying when he was writing his stories. It was super interesting because I really had to focus on the word choice he was using because choosing words in stories like these are very important. Word choice sets up what the story is about and I thought he did a great job.

Romesh Dutt

Mahabharata: The Epic of the Bharatas (The Tournament) by Romesh C. Dutt