Epics of India

Can any words be more famous? I'd say most of us agree with this statement right about now! This week, the snow day helped me out immensely. I spent eight hours during the snow day doing all of my control theory homework, only to learn on Friday (the original due date) that the homework was getting pushed back because the material hadn't been covered yet. I spent a lot of time on the snow day learning the uncovered material, so I guess it served as a good primer for the lesson on Friday, and it's one less thing to worry about. The snow day really came in clutch for me this week. Picture I took from my bedroom window on Wednesday morning. I didn't go to computer vision this week, mainly because the weather was cold and I walk to class. I plan on being there to get my face scanned for attendance bonus points next week though. My theatre class was affected by the snow day, so I am now ahead in that class thanks to getting my reading done on time. On the grad sch...

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Sita is Over You After leaving Ravana's hometown in Sri Lanka, Sita was so glad to see one of her favorite people, Rama. She ran toward him and jumped into him with a flying hug, but to her surprise, Rama did not return her embrace. "Rama, is everything okay?" Sita asked. With a dull look in his eyes, Rama replied "No, you have been sleeping with another man - how dare you! I come in here and put myself out here, but you are not loyal to me. How can I move forward in this relationship??" Sita was taken aback - this is not normally how Rama had responded to pressure situations in the past - and with Ravana in the picture, Sita had thought Rama had been a good sport. But now he had cracked. His confidence was shattered, and now he thought she was sleeping with another man! Even though Sita knew she and Ravana had not slept together, she let Rama go on with his tirade. After he ran out of anger, Sita calmly said "So that's how you really feel? That I hav...

Notes - Part B Opening this section with Nina getting dumped by Dave is really sad. You can tell she was really into him, but that he did not care about her. It is really interesting how much her story mirrors the Ramayana. It's clear how she viewed the Ramayana through the lens of her own experiences and I think that's important for me to remember when writing stories in general - staying true to my experiences is important and can make the story better. This movie is very trippy with it's flashing color animations and songs in the background as it depicts Sita's struggle. I like the parts that are like this - they are very expressive and somewhat funny. Rama doesn't trust Sita at all, which is unfortunate. The narrators think that he's just doing it for his kingdom, but if he trusted her then he wouldn't have banished her. Meanwhile Sita loves Rama despite not being trusted by him. This film is about her, so it makes sense that she's the protagon...

Notes I liked the idea of animating the Ramayana. I liked the combination of drawings and pictures in the animation. It's like a crash course video with the modifications. I also like how there are multiple narrators who don't know the story perfectly and are arguing frequently in the start. That's an interesting way of telling the story. I also thought it was a good choice to make Rama and Sita to look like their godly counterparts - they are avatars after all. Sita asking Rama to chase the golden deer is like the crocodile and the monkey's heart jataka tale. It's funny how Sita has a shrine to Rama, and really accurately portrays how much they love each other. The movie stays very true to the Ramayana, and I think it's interesting that the author includes herself in the story similar to how we include ourselves in the stories in this class. Nina's boyfriend is a jerk in this story, but I guess this matches the Ramayana and is part of what makes this st...