Topic Brainstorm

Mata Kamadhenu (Mother of Cows) Source: Wikipedia

The first topic I am interested in writing about is the women of the epics. I like the idea that there are so many strong women that are told about in these Indian Epics and the drama that comes with them. I think that using a character such as Subhadra and building the story with her connections other women of the epics could be something I could base my project on. I might consider telling the stories with a modern twist and make them take place in current day. I do not know anything on the subject currently but I feel like this would be a good project because there are so many strong females leads in many of the stories.
The second topic I am interested in writing about is birth stories. I do not know much about the birth stories so if there are not enough for a project I would also include death stories like others have done for their past projects. I am a mother so instantly birth stories connected with me because each is unique especially when it comes to Indian epics. I think I could possibly tell these birth stories by having each character tell their own birth story and death story.  Using a character like karna to tell his own birth story would give a different and more personal perspective.
The third topic I am interested in writing about is reincarnation. I chose this because the idea of reincarnation has always interested me and I do not know much about the topic. Telling the story of Sita would also connect my interest of women of the epics.  I would tell the story from the life of Padmavathi and previous life as Sita. To do this project I would do a lot of research into reincarnation and ensure I was telling the story fully understanding the belief and importance.
The final topic I am interested in writing about is animals, natural and supernatural. I would approach this story by finding a connection between certain animals and telling the stories about them. I do not think I would like to focus on only one type of animal. Kamadhenu is one animal I would tell the story of because of the importance of cows in Indian culture. I would like to learn how these animals are a part of indian epics and how they connect with the human and mythological side of these tales.