Week 9 - Reading Diary A

I will be reading Krishna, Defender of Dharma for the next two weeks. This is a graphic novel written by Shweta Taneja and illustrated by Rajesh Nagulakonda.

Krishna, Defender of Dharma
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Section 1 - Pages 1-36

This is a very neat and interesting graphic novel. I like how the illustrations show more detail to add to what I'm reading on the page. This first section shows how Indra called on the help of Vishnu in order to bring peace back to the land. It also shows the origin of Vishnu's avatar Krishna. Kansa however was aware of his own demise and set out to have Krishna killed before he could grow up. He does this by sending out demons to kill all of the newborns in the village of Gokul. The end of this section shows where the villagers of Gokul decide to move to a more peaceful area in order to escape the obvious threat to Krishna and everyone else around.

Overall i'm enjoying this graphic novel so far. The writing is easy to follow and the illustrations are very colorful and detailed.