Week 4 Reading Diary B, Buck's Ramayana

• Rama begins planning his coronation after his brother Bharata leaves to visit his grandpa. 
• Like in the previous story Kaikeyi has Dasharatha fulfill a couple of his promises and ends up banishing Rama and making Bharata king.
• The people don't want Rama to leave.
• Lakshmana leaves with Rama and Sita.
• On their way out of the city they drive a chariot and ignore the kings pleads to come back.
• They meet up with Rama's old friend Guha.
• Guha smokes a cigar made of nutmeg, sandalwood, and goat butter.
• The group travel along the Ganga. 
• The three are told to build a house in Chitrakuta by the sage Bharadwaj and do so.

Week 4 Reading Diary A, Buck's Ramayana

• The story teller Sauti is telling the story to a buddy. 
• Ravana is once again the demon King
• Lord Vishnue decides to be reincarnated as a human,Rama, in order to defeat Ravana. 
• Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna are all Dasartha's sons.
• Indra is the king of the heavens.
• King Dasartha makes a fire sacrifice to Vasistha and is granted his sons.
•  Valmiki is called out of his home in an anthill by Narada.
• Valmiki in turn saves Sita from committing suicide after she was exiled by Rama.
• After being saved by Valmiki, Sita gives birth to two of Rama's sons. 
• Sita was exiled due to supposedly being unfaithful.
• Ravana marries Mandodari.
• Gautama blames his wife's beautiful looks for her impure acts. 
• He scatters her looks around the world so she becomes invisible.