David Walsh's Blog

My plan for my storybook is to tell the tale of WWII from beginning of the European theatre to end by using the time line and famous battles and tying them together with the Indian Epics. For now I am going to start with three stories and if I need more then I'll add more. I will use stories from the Ramayana potentially and utilize stories like the Rama Attacks to tell the story of the deception used in the Normandy invasions,  the story of Vali's death and the bloody and sneaky battle on the beaches of normandy, and finally Battle with Khara to tell the story of the Battle of the Bulge and then the ultimate defeat suffered by the germans. The whole time tying mythological characters into the story. Bibliography: Operation Bodyguard Wikipedia,  Yama The Epic of Rama, Romesh Dutt,  Vali's Death The Battle with Khara Rama Attacks

Project Ideas Travel: Traveling is something that I always thought was very interesting and India is definitely one of the many many destinations on my list to visit. Being a pilot I see the many opportunities that I have to visit these wonderful places. India always seems like this unique and unfamiliar place that I have never considered traveling too but have been interested in, sounds hypocritical but thats how I feel. Also had no idea the Himalayans were in India. Moving through this course I can give myself a better idea of what it is like to travel to India and I could see all kinds of opportunities that India holds.  Research Food: I am a food nut! I grew up cooking and traveling and trying new foods. However, Indian food is always that one cuisine that I steered away from. I am not sure why. I am always interested in trying new things and cooking new things. I think it would be fun to potentially explore these stories and the cuisine of India and also try my hand at ma...