Epics of India

Don Corleone from The Godfather Movie Source "Please Mr. Inuchi, I'm begging" Those were the last words I ever heard as a innocent kid. Now, I am the senator of New York with only one goal in mind, avenge my brother. Well, he's not my brother by blood, but we sure spilled more of that together than I'd prefer to mention. See, Roy was the son Davis Howell, the head of the largest crime family in Yonkers. When I was young, my father and his father took care of business a lot, so we became more than best friends. I loved Roy, but he was on the path to power, the type of power that would hurt my fathers business associates. See, my father is Michael Inuchi, the main reason why the Howells don't come to Manhattan. Roy was working with the new senator, senator Rawlins. Rawlins would get "campaign donations" from Roy, and in return he'd continue to look the other way with the family. The only problem this presented was that now we had the cops ...

Carving of Sugriva and his army Source Compared to the "reading" I did yesterday over Sita sings the blues, this reading was much more consistent and familiar to the Ramayana I read last week. The chapters in this telling were very similar to the one I read last week, and at times I even forgot I was reading a new telling of the epic (Granted, I havent touched up on last week's version since I finished it.) One of the things I noticed differently in this telling was the lack of poem sections. This was refreshing for me, as I was not a huge fan of the poems in the previous readings. The constant storytelling in this Sister Nivedita's work allowed for a much more enjoyable and easier read. I feel like if I were to recommend the Ramayana to someone (which I have a few times but have been told they'll "get around to it" which we all know means they won't) I would recommend Sister Nivedita's version, as I found that it is much more common to st...

Scene from the animation mentioned Source After reading the Ramayana, I was curious to see how it has been told in other ways, as it was mentioned that there have been many telling and alterations to the story. After looking at the list, I chose to watch the animation, as I wanted to see how they would tell the whole story in just the short time (Books are always better than the movies.) The animation was a little strange at first, as it started with some trippy visuals before eventually there was dialogue. I continued to be confused as the animation style changed every few minuets. Sometimes there was dialogue, and others not. I eventually caught on that this was meant to represent how there are many retelling of the Ramayana, and this is showcasing those in a chronologically ordered compilation. Out of all of the styles it showed, I particularly liked the one where there was 3 people speaking with animations playing in the background. It had some pretty funny moments, and the ...