Overview: Kapur. Ganesha Goes to Lunch.

Title: Ganesha Goes to Lunch
Author: Kamla K. Kapur
Year: 2007

Comments: This is a beautifully written book of Indian stories and legends; highly recommended!

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Length: two weeks. I've divided the reading into four parts: Part A - Part B (one week of reading), and then Part C - Part D (another week of reading).

WEEK 1:
Reading A
Author's Preface
Stories of Vishnu
Introduction
On The Track of Love
Entirely Entangled
Vishnu Forgets
Out of Vishnu's Mouth
Stories of Brahma
Introduction
How Brahma Created the Dream
Reading B
Indra Gets Caught
Stories of Shiva, Parvati & Ganesha
Introduction
The Marriage of Shiva and Parvati
How Ganesha Got His Elephant Head
Ganesha Goes to Lunch
Krishna and Some Parables
Introduction
The Million Steps

WEEK 2:
Reading C
The Snake Who Lost His Hiss
Hermits
From the Eyes of the Stars
Stories from the Ramayana
Introduction
The Sinews of His Spirit
Ashes and Dust
The Toad Who Didn't Croak
Hanuman Bares All
The Lowly, Holy Staff
Reading D
Stories from the Mahabharata
Introduction
The Deer People
See Him in the Dark
You
The Bird Who Fought War
Blind Hunger
Elsewhere Bound