Today's awesome-thing-from-the-web post is this amazing little animated film, which is a hilarious take on the Ramayana. It's about an hour and a half long, but from the fun animation, cute blues songs, pretty good quick run-through of the Ramayana's storyline and tongue-in-cheek commentary on ancient Indian gender roles, it's well worth it.
Plus, those of you playing Deva Scions might just see your parents make cameos!
Thanks for sharing this - I skimmed over it and it looks interesting. I'm gonna have to give it a watch!
ReplyDeleteIt is completely delightful.
DeleteI admit, I don't think I've ever quite seen the Ramayana put like this before. Poor Lakshman was reduced to a cameo, but other than that it was very...charming. Thanks for the link.
ReplyDeleteThis is a bit tangential, but I have to ask: do you consider Prithvi a Goddess or a Titan?
Yeah, I really enjoyed it. Highly redacted, of course, and interpreted through a modern lens, but a lot of fun.
DeleteWe'd probably consider both Prithvi and Dyaus Pita to be Titans; not necessarily malevolent, but both very large and old cosmic figures who have very specific functions.