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Nine Ideal Indian Women by Sunity Devee Uttara Uttara was the princess and pride of the kingdom of Birat. She was taught singing and dancing by Arjun who was disguised as a woman. Uttara leaves with the Pandavas to become the wife of Abhimanyu. Uttara and Abhimanyu were very in love. She was devastated when she found out that Abhimanyu had become the general for the Pandavas. She reluctantly agreed to let him fight in the battle, and helped him get ready for battle. When she went to tell Subhadra the news, she fell to the ground lifeless. Uttara was motivated to get up when she remembered she is supposed to have Abhimanyu's son. Abhimanyu dies as he cries his wife's name. When Uttara found out about Abhimanyu's death, she fainted. Uttara begs to be able to join her husband, but the whole family encourages her to stay strong and have faith. Even after her son was born, she wanted to do a funeral pyre. Krishna tells her that she can't because she has a son who needs ...

Nine Ideal Indian Women by Sunity Devee Savitri Savitri is the only child of the king and queen of Abanti. She sees a man in the forest and falls in love with him. She met an old blind man and his wife and discovered that the man she fell in love with was their son. The old blind man they had met turned out to be an exiled king. Savitri's parents didn't approve of her marrying Satyaban. King Ashwapati discoveries that Satyaban is destined to die in a years time. When Savitri finds out, she still insists on marrying Satyaban. Once married, Savitri and Satyaban join his parents in exile, which upsets Ashwapati. Satyaban died while he was getting wood with Savitri. As Death takes Satyaban's body away, Savitri tries to convince Death to either give her husband life again or take her as well. Death tells her he cant, but he offers to grant her a wish instead, so she gets her father-in-law sight. She continues to follow Death until he grants her another wish, which is giving ...

For this week's tech tip I wanted to write about the Canvas app. I mainly only use the canvas app to be able to check my grades as soon as they're entered or double check the syllabus whenever I need to. Other than that, I don't find the canvas app very useful. I can't take my quizzes through my phone, so it doesn't help me in terms of completing assignments. I also always check the class average on an exam or assignment, which the canvas app doesn't have as a feature. Overall though, I really enjoy being able to check my grades at anytime! Canvas Logo

Sita's Ramayana by Samhita Arni and Moyna Chitrakar (2011) Part B: Trijatha tells Sita that Rama will come and rescue her. Sita continues to tell herself everyday that Rama will come. Hanuman came to save Sita while the guards were sleeping, and tells Sita that Rama is coming to save her. Rama was upset that Lakshmana had left Sita alone in the hermitage and didn't know what happened to Sita. They searched the forest for her until they find Jatayu, who tells them what happened. Sita was upset to hear that Jatayu died trying to save her. Hanuman tells Sita that Rama and Lakshmana found her trail of jewels and followed it until they were found by him. Hanuman takes the brothers to meet Sugriva, who tell them that Ravana took Sita. Sugriva offered to give Rama his army if Rama help Sugriva defeat Valin and regain his wife Tara. When Valin was killed, Tara was devastated at the loss of her husband. Sita feels guilty that Tara was widowed and Angada, Valin's son, was father...