Reading Notes: Raja Rasalu, Section A

 

 
 
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One story I enjoyed was The King and His Two Queens. Raja, the king, had two wives. One had a son and the other did not. This story discusses a powerful theme which is envy as the queen who was without a son attempted to rid the son of the other wife. She was jealous of the wife, so she tried to kill the son. However, the son miraculously survives and answers people's prayers.  The wife initially does not recognize him and asks him for a prayer. She asked him for a son, and he promised her a son that would make her cry as much as his own mother cried because of this evil, envious woman. This becomes true.

The second story that I enjoyed was How Raja Rasalu was Born. His parents were not allowed to look at their son for twelve years. However, he leaves on his twelfth year. He is naughty when he leaves, but the king cannot do anything because he cannot look at his son. Raja Rasalu doesn't understand why his parents turn their backs on him. 

The last story I enjoyed and think would go along the other two is how Raja Rasalu killed the giants. A woman said that all of her sons except one were killed by the giants. She was scared that the giants would kill the last one too. Raja Rasalu was brave and ended up killing the giants. He initially just cut off one's arm. Seven giants tried to challenge him and scare him, and he ended up killing them all with his bow and arrow. One was alive, the giantess, but he made sure that she died due to starvation. This story shows how courageous, how brave Raja Rasalu truly was. It also shows how compassionate he is that he would risk his own life for this woman's son. 


Bibliography: Flora Annie Steel's Tales of the Punjab

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