reading notes: pde mahabharata, part c

For this section, I want to focus on The Cattle Raid. This attack gave me a lot of Game of Thrones vibes, so I immediately thought of using GoT characters to almost reenact this scene found in the Mahabharata.

In my story, I plan to use the Stark family as the attackers, led by Rob Stark (Indra) whom will be attacking the Lannister family in order to capture Cersei (raj). Instead of the stealing of cattle, the Starks will be attacking as Cersei killed Rob's father, Ned. Like in The Cattle Raid, a marriage will come from my story as well, but one between the Lannister and Stark families. As I type this, it just sounds like a Game of Thrones episode, but I plan on making it kind of like a bonus episode that we did not get to see. A post-Red Wedding episode in which everyone doesn't die. I want my story to show the continuation of Rob Stark's life while also incorporating the overarching theme of the Cattle Raid from the Mahabharata.

The overall joy at the ending of The Cattle Raid is a little unexpected, so I plan to keep with the sort of happy ending plot twist that the original story offers.

(Image information: Cattle Raid obtained from PDE Mahabharata)

Bibliography: Donald A. Mackenzie, The Cattle Raid.

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