Indian Epics Blog

"Save me, Alex!" (source) After dispatching the patrols sent on his tail, Alex made his way back towards the outskirts of the village, to the compound of Samu Al-Hayeed. Moving under the cover of darkness, Alex dispatched guards and patrols using nothing but his combat knife.  Finally, Alex reached the perimeter of Samu's compound. The sandy flats surrounding the high wall of the compound were illuminated by blinding floodlights. Machine-gun emplacements flanked the front gate, and the wall was topped by barbed wire. But Alex knew that defenses are only as strong as their weakest link. He circled the compound, staying just out of the range of the floodlights, until he came to the utility pole that supplied the compound with all of its electricity. Alex reached into his rucksack and produced a satchel charge with a timer, the last of his explosives. He climbed to the top of the utility pole and set the charge, he then made his way back outside the entrance of th...

The final battle (source) Hello again everyone, NitroDubbz here. Today we're reading more Mahabharata. So Yudhistira decides to send Krishna to Hastinapura to ask for the five villages, which is refused. Then Duryodhana prepares for war, assembling millions of troops, but it starts raining Fanta Orange, which is a bad omen. Arjuna sees all of his cousins and family preparing for war, and his confidence wavers. He decides that the kingdom isn't worth killing his kinsmen. Krishna then explains to him that the Kauravas had already destroyed themselves through their bad karma brought about by their selfish acts of betrayal. Arjuna then regains confidence. The battle begins and one-by-one the Kauravas and their allies are dispatched. Bhima fights Duryodhana and fulfills the vow he made to "smash his thigh" for disrespecting Draupadi.  After the battle, Yudhistira has second thoughts, he starts regretting all the blood that they shed and wishes he could live ...

(source) Hey everyone, Nitrodubbz here again back with more Mahabharata. The Pandava brothers are still in exile, this time they come across a lake while looking for some stuff that an ascetic lost. They're all thirsty so they drink from the lake and die, when Yudhistira comes along, the God of the lake (secretly Yama) tests him to see if he is pure of heart. When Yudhistira answers his questions correctly, he revives his brothers and grants them the ability to remain incognito, allowing them to live in a city without being recognized and exiled back into the wilderness for another twelve years. They go to this city, I can't remember the name, but the king's name is Virata. Their cousins get concerned that the twelve years is almost up, and the spies have returned with no reports of the Pandava brothers because of their blessing granted by Yama. However, they hear of a rumor that the general of Virata has died, so they figure it might have something to do wit...