After looking back at this week's announcements, I stumbled across a very funny video. If you have ever experimented with Google Translate, then you will probably find this pretty funny. The faces that she makes at the funky sentences are hilarious.
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Week 14 Review
I just finished backing up my blog and storybook and double checking that I have not missed any declarations. This is the last post that I will be doing, because this assignment gets me to my desired A! Woo-hoo!
After looking back at this week's announcements, I stumbled across a very funny video. If you have ever experimented with Google Translate, then you will probably find this pretty funny. The faces that she makes at the funky sentences are hilarious.
After looking back at this week's announcements, I stumbled across a very funny video. If you have ever experimented with Google Translate, then you will probably find this pretty funny. The faces that she makes at the funky sentences are hilarious.
Week 14 Learning Challenge: The Science of Procrastination
I just watched the video: The Science of Procrastination. This was a very informative video that showed how our motivation is highly dependent on how imminent a reward is perceived to be. That means that we have a tendency to go for immediate rewards over long term rewards. This shows why we cram for tests. We can spend a lot of time procrastinating and not studying for a test because we don't see the immediate pay off a long way out from the test date, but when the time draws nearer and nearer to the test date we start to give the test more value and begin to cram all night long. I have been a victim of this a few times myself.
One of the ways the video says to combat procrastination is to change your mindset and not say that studying is torture, you should think that you enjoy being productive. This will help you enjoy the process of achieving something and not let you get sucked into procrastination.
Source: A year from now you will be glad you started today
Week 15 Growth Mindset: Making a Meme
For this challenge, I made a growth mindset meme. This was my first time making a meme and I found Cheezburger to be really easy to use.
Always try to raise the bar. (Image from Cheezburger)
Friday, April 29, 2016
Week 14 Growth Mindset
Image from cheezburger
This image really captured my attention because of how stealthy that cat is in the background. The message is also really powerful. It is so easy to just give up when things are going bad or you are having a hard time, but if you embrace the challenge then you can gain the confidence to reach your true potential. Here is a diagram of what growth mind-set looks like when compared to a fixed mind-set:
Source: Growth Mind-set vs. Fixed Mind-set
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Reading Evaluation
My favorite readings for this course were the PDE versions of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. I also really enjoyed the video options. The Epified Mahabharata was my favorite overall.
I usually focused in on the story I was going to base my storytelling off of in my reading diaries. I would give a brief summary and remind myself in the blog post that I would use this as my basis.
I felt the balance of reading to writing to commenting was great. I personally dislike writing, so it is usually a challenge for me to get motivated to write a story.
I really liked all of the readings that I did, but I didn't always make the time to do both halves of the reading assignments. I would suggest that future students set aside time to try to read both halves in one day. That way they will have a clear idea what they want their weekly story to be about.
I usually focused in on the story I was going to base my storytelling off of in my reading diaries. I would give a brief summary and remind myself in the blog post that I would use this as my basis.
I felt the balance of reading to writing to commenting was great. I personally dislike writing, so it is usually a challenge for me to get motivated to write a story.
I really liked all of the readings that I did, but I didn't always make the time to do both halves of the reading assignments. I would suggest that future students set aside time to try to read both halves in one day. That way they will have a clear idea what they want their weekly story to be about.
Week 14 Reading Diary Continued: Tales of Ancient India
This my take on the second half of my reading of Tales of Ancient India by Edmund Charles Cox.
My favorite stories from this half of the reading include Indra, Soma, and Vishnu. This should be no surprise to those that have visited my storybook because these are the main characters.
In the story about Indra, it was interesting to see the character Ahi, who was jealous of the praise for Indra, trying to rise up and challenge Indra. Ahi had stolen the Indra's rain and caused a drought, but Indra eventually killed him and returned the life-giving rains to his worshipers.
I never knew that Soma was also a god. I always thought is was just a drink that gave immortality and strength, but this story captures him as a god that steals Vrihaspati's wife, Tara. Brahma forces Soma to return Vrihaspati's wife and then Soma's dominion on Earth was taken away from him for his wrong-doing. I think a good story could use the aspects of how Soma became a curse to men and forced them into madness.
The story of Vishnu was very interesting to me. I like the last portion of it where Bhrigu went to Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu to see which one was the greatest of them. Both Brahma and Shiva were pissed that he would dare ask such a question, but they spared his life. When Bhrigu went to Vishnu, he found him sleeping. Bhrigu tapped Vishnu on the chest and Vishnu was embarrassed at his negligence and apologized profusely. This was all Bhrigu needed to here to make him see Vishnu was the greatest of the three. I will most likely do a retelling of this story for my storytelling post.
My favorite stories from this half of the reading include Indra, Soma, and Vishnu. This should be no surprise to those that have visited my storybook because these are the main characters.
In the story about Indra, it was interesting to see the character Ahi, who was jealous of the praise for Indra, trying to rise up and challenge Indra. Ahi had stolen the Indra's rain and caused a drought, but Indra eventually killed him and returned the life-giving rains to his worshipers.
I never knew that Soma was also a god. I always thought is was just a drink that gave immortality and strength, but this story captures him as a god that steals Vrihaspati's wife, Tara. Brahma forces Soma to return Vrihaspati's wife and then Soma's dominion on Earth was taken away from him for his wrong-doing. I think a good story could use the aspects of how Soma became a curse to men and forced them into madness.
The story of Vishnu was very interesting to me. I like the last portion of it where Bhrigu went to Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu to see which one was the greatest of them. Both Brahma and Shiva were pissed that he would dare ask such a question, but they spared his life. When Bhrigu went to Vishnu, he found him sleeping. Bhrigu tapped Vishnu on the chest and Vishnu was embarrassed at his negligence and apologized profusely. This was all Bhrigu needed to here to make him see Vishnu was the greatest of the three. I will most likely do a retelling of this story for my storytelling post.
Source: Bhrigu talking to Vishnu
Reflections
The semester has been pretty hectic. I have never had an online class before this one, and I also had never heard of any of the Indian Epic stories. Even so, I feel like I learned quite a bit and I found this course to be really fun. The amount of reading that is required really helps you retain the material.
Most of the writing I do in other classes is technical, so creative writing was a welcome break from the norm. I think my biggest achievement in this course is my storybook. I spent many hours on it and I am really proud of the stories. I never thought of myself as a great writer, but this class helped me towards becoming a better writer. The positive feedback from the other students was really nice and helped give me the motivation to keep writing stories.
Finally, the Learn by H.E.A.R.T. and Growth Mindset sites were great resources that I would like to continue on with.
Most of the writing I do in other classes is technical, so creative writing was a welcome break from the norm. I think my biggest achievement in this course is my storybook. I spent many hours on it and I am really proud of the stories. I never thought of myself as a great writer, but this class helped me towards becoming a better writer. The positive feedback from the other students was really nice and helped give me the motivation to keep writing stories.
Finally, the Learn by H.E.A.R.T. and Growth Mindset sites were great resources that I would like to continue on with.
Monday, April 25, 2016
Week 14 Reading Diary: Tales of Ancient India
This week I chose to read Tales of Ancient India by Edmund Charles Cox. The first half of this reading focused on the life of Krishna.
One of my favorite stories was How Krishna Stole the Milk and Slew the Demons. I thought it was strange that Krishna would lie about stealing the milk and play tricks on the towns people to make them not suspect him. I was under the impression that as an avatar of Vishnu, Krishna would be more noble. Also, I liked the description of the bird demon Trinawart. Krishna seemed to be having a blast riding Trinawart, but he eventually killed the demon when he saw the destruction he was causing to the town.
Another of my favorites was How Indra Worshiped Krishna. This story had some great content that I could use for my storybook. Indra was angered by all the offerings going to Krishna and none to his alter, so he summoned some rain clouds to drown a city. Krishna stepped in and raised a mountain shield the city from the rain. Since Krishna is an avatar of Vishnu, this will work nicely as a part of the final battle in my storybook.
The final story that caught my eye was How Krishna Slew Kansa. The reason I liked this story so much was because of the elephant Kubaliya, who was had the strength of 1000 elephants. I think a good story could come from a battle with Kubaliya.
One of my favorite stories was How Krishna Stole the Milk and Slew the Demons. I thought it was strange that Krishna would lie about stealing the milk and play tricks on the towns people to make them not suspect him. I was under the impression that as an avatar of Vishnu, Krishna would be more noble. Also, I liked the description of the bird demon Trinawart. Krishna seemed to be having a blast riding Trinawart, but he eventually killed the demon when he saw the destruction he was causing to the town.
Another of my favorites was How Indra Worshiped Krishna. This story had some great content that I could use for my storybook. Indra was angered by all the offerings going to Krishna and none to his alter, so he summoned some rain clouds to drown a city. Krishna stepped in and raised a mountain shield the city from the rain. Since Krishna is an avatar of Vishnu, this will work nicely as a part of the final battle in my storybook.
Source: Krishna holding up the mountain Govardhan
The final story that caught my eye was How Krishna Slew Kansa. The reason I liked this story so much was because of the elephant Kubaliya, who was had the strength of 1000 elephants. I think a good story could come from a battle with Kubaliya.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Learning Challenges: Empathy
This week I did a Learning Challenge focused empathy. I learned that there are four qualities of empathy: 1) perspective taking, 2) the ability to take the perspective of another person, 3) staying out of judgment, 4) recognizing emotions in others and communicating.
Brene says she likes to think of empathy as a dark hole where someone finds themselves when they are stuck or overwhelmed, and then someone else comes down and says they know what it's like down there and you're not alone. I think that is a great analogy.
When someone opens up to you, the best thing you can do is just listen and not offer advice or sympathetic responses. Offering advice and sympathetic responses is the easy way to go, but listening and choosing to remember a time when you were in a similar spot is difficult and can leave you just as vulnerable.
Brene says she likes to think of empathy as a dark hole where someone finds themselves when they are stuck or overwhelmed, and then someone else comes down and says they know what it's like down there and you're not alone. I think that is a great analogy.
When someone opens up to you, the best thing you can do is just listen and not offer advice or sympathetic responses. Offering advice and sympathetic responses is the easy way to go, but listening and choosing to remember a time when you were in a similar spot is difficult and can leave you just as vulnerable.
Tech Tip: Google Timer
This week I chose to try out the Google Timer. I had never heard of this before, and it is very easy to set up.
Currently, my time management for school work is mostly about finishing an assignment or a certain section of it before I take a break. Sometimes I get off track when I take a break and it lasts longer than I had planned. This technique is a great way for me to remember to get back to work.
Here's a fun picture for those that struggle with time management:
Currently, my time management for school work is mostly about finishing an assignment or a certain section of it before I take a break. Sometimes I get off track when I take a break and it lasts longer than I had planned. This technique is a great way for me to remember to get back to work.
Here's a fun picture for those that struggle with time management:
Week 13 Growth Mindset: Harnessing Stress
This week I took a look at the article: How Harnessing the Positive Side of Stress Can Change Student Mindsets by Katrina Schwartz and also the TED talks video: How to Make Stress Your Friend by Kelly McGonigal.
The subject of stress and how I deal with it is very interesting to me. I find that I can become paralyzed by large amounts of stress, which negatively affects my academic performance. I have always been led to believe that stress is damaging to our health, but after reading this article and watching the video I came to realize that stress can be used as a tool to rise to a challenge.
It is believed that just changing your mindset about stress can help you to live a longer, more fulfilling life. People that view stress as bad for their health showed a much higher risk of dying than people that viewed health as a tool.
I have dealt with various levels of stress throughout my time in the Army and through sports, but the times that I overcame the negative effects of it were when I felt confident in my abilities to address the situation. I was able to harness the rush of adrenaline and make clear headed choices and actions. The countless hours of preparation gave me confidence.
For some reason, harnessing stress in the world of academia is not as easy for me. I know I spend a lot of time studying, but every now and then I freeze up due to anxiety. This article and video gave me some great advice on how to think about my responses to stress when I feel the negative effects consuming me.
By changing my mindset about stress, I believe that I can more effectively deal with my anxiety and perform at my best, even in the most stressful situation. I highly recommend reading this article and watching the video. Below I have embedded the video. Check it out!
The subject of stress and how I deal with it is very interesting to me. I find that I can become paralyzed by large amounts of stress, which negatively affects my academic performance. I have always been led to believe that stress is damaging to our health, but after reading this article and watching the video I came to realize that stress can be used as a tool to rise to a challenge.
It is believed that just changing your mindset about stress can help you to live a longer, more fulfilling life. People that view stress as bad for their health showed a much higher risk of dying than people that viewed health as a tool.
I have dealt with various levels of stress throughout my time in the Army and through sports, but the times that I overcame the negative effects of it were when I felt confident in my abilities to address the situation. I was able to harness the rush of adrenaline and make clear headed choices and actions. The countless hours of preparation gave me confidence.
For some reason, harnessing stress in the world of academia is not as easy for me. I know I spend a lot of time studying, but every now and then I freeze up due to anxiety. This article and video gave me some great advice on how to think about my responses to stress when I feel the negative effects consuming me.
By changing my mindset about stress, I believe that I can more effectively deal with my anxiety and perform at my best, even in the most stressful situation. I highly recommend reading this article and watching the video. Below I have embedded the video. Check it out!
How to Make Stress Your Friend by Kelly McGonigal
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Week 13 Reading Diary: The Mahabharata by Peter Brooks
This week I chose to watch The Mahabharata by Peter Brooks. I began watching this film at the start of the war. The links to this film are not accurate, but I kept thinking it may have just been a change up from the original story. I turned out to be wrong, so I watched the second half instead of the first half. Either way, I am pretty familiar with the Mahabharata from the previous readings.
My favorite part of the Mahabharata actually happens to be the war, so this was a welcome surprise. I was thinking the whole time about a story that would involve the loss of someone close and the effects that it would have on someone. Arjuna turns is infuriated and the loss of his son motivates him to carry on with the war, but Drona is just told that his son has died and he is unable to go on with life, let alone the war. Bhima also loses his son in the war and he grieves for a time, but then it just shows him going on like nothing happened. I suppose people grieve in different ways.
I also really like the character Ghatotkacha, who was Bhima's half-rakshasa son. Ghatotkacha has many powers and that make him a huge threat to Karna and his side of the war. Ghatotkacha would have won the war if Karna hadn't been forced to use his invincible dart that was given to him by Indra. I think I would like to write a whole story just about him.
My favorite part of the Mahabharata actually happens to be the war, so this was a welcome surprise. I was thinking the whole time about a story that would involve the loss of someone close and the effects that it would have on someone. Arjuna turns is infuriated and the loss of his son motivates him to carry on with the war, but Drona is just told that his son has died and he is unable to go on with life, let alone the war. Bhima also loses his son in the war and he grieves for a time, but then it just shows him going on like nothing happened. I suppose people grieve in different ways.
I also really like the character Ghatotkacha, who was Bhima's half-rakshasa son. Ghatotkacha has many powers and that make him a huge threat to Karna and his side of the war. Ghatotkacha would have won the war if Karna hadn't been forced to use his invincible dart that was given to him by Indra. I think I would like to write a whole story just about him.
Source: Ghatotkacha being killed by Karna
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Growth Mindset: Multiple Intelligences
I have encountered the concept of multiple intelligences before, but it was refreshing to see it explained through a comic. After watching the short video about Multiple Intelligences by Marek Bennett, I learned that Howard Gardner and other researchers pioneered this concept. They concluded that there are 8 different intelligences, which include: linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, and naturalistic.
I have often heard that people learn in different ways and I always thought that I am more of a kinesthetic learner, meaning that I like to be hands-on. My favorite part of the video was the quote "While the linguistic and mathematical intelligences are important in their own right, they function most strongly in combination with other intelligences." I feel like a premium is placed on these two intelligences in the academic setting, especially in my chosen field of study, and this decreases the proficiency in the other intelligences. This video was a great reminder that we should focus on expanding and using all intelligences and not let certain ones dominate our lives.
Multiple Intelligences by Marek Bennett
I have often heard that people learn in different ways and I always thought that I am more of a kinesthetic learner, meaning that I like to be hands-on. My favorite part of the video was the quote "While the linguistic and mathematical intelligences are important in their own right, they function most strongly in combination with other intelligences." I feel like a premium is placed on these two intelligences in the academic setting, especially in my chosen field of study, and this decreases the proficiency in the other intelligences. This video was a great reminder that we should focus on expanding and using all intelligences and not let certain ones dominate our lives.
Learning Challenge: Single Tasking
This week I did a Learn by H.E.A.R.T. challenge that focused on attention. Multitasking seems to be the norm, and sometimes expected, for people these days. I always find myself working on a wide assortment of things at one time, and it can turn out to be pretty stressful. After watching the funny video Single-Tasking is the New Multitasking by James Hamblin, I found a great way to focus on one thing at a time. The narrator said he used "Tabless Thursdays" to focus on a single task and not be distracted by other things. "Tabless Thursdays" work by only having one tab on your browser open at a time. I think this would be nice to try every now and then because I tend to switch between tabs a lot and end up not getting much done. Even now I have six tabs and a few PDFs open! Maybe this technique will help me finish a task and not get so distracted.
Interior Life by Grant Snider
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Week 12 Storytelling: Valmiki's Explaination
“It wasn’t even my fault”, sighed Sita with her head falling
to her hands.
“I know my dear child, but you have to try and see things from
his point of view”, replied a stoic Valmiki.
“And just what point of view is that? A coward’s?! Someone
who cannot listen to his heart for fear of ruining his reputation?”
Sita is shaking with thoughts of the wrong that has been
done to her.
“I proved myself to have remained faithful to Rama already.
I allowed a fire to engulf my body to show my devotion to him. Agni did not
allow the fires to harm me, because even he agreed that I had unwaveringly remained
true.”
Source: Sita
protected by Agni
Sita was now pacing back and forth, tears beginning to well
in her eyes. Valmiki slowly rises to his feet and embraces the distraught girl
in his long, wiry arms.
“Calm down Sita. Rama must provide leadership for the
kingdom above all else. If his people do not respect him, then he cannot be an
effective leader and the kingdom would surely fall into chaos.”
“Wouldn’t you say that all the lives in Ayodhya outweigh the
hopes and wishes of one individual?”
Source: Ayodhya
Sita wipes away a few tears that have made their way down
her cheek.
“I suppose you are right, wise one. But why did he even come
to save me from the evil Ravana if he was just going to treat me this way? It
seems like he went through all of this trouble and sacrificed so many lives to
retrieve me from my captor, and yet he cast me aside like I willingly betrayed
him!”
Sita is sobbing uncontrollably now. Nothing Valmiki says or
does has any effect on the hysteric girl.
Finally, Valmiki shakes Sita with a
quick jolt and shares with her a secret.
“Have you ever wondered why the gods look so favorably upon
Rama?”
Sita is puzzled by this question. She had often wondered why
Rama always seemed to have the grace of the gods. She gave the only answer that
she could think of:
“It is because he has led such a virtuous life, and the gods
respect a man that can put others before himself.”
“This is partly true, but the real reason the gods love Rama
is because he is a god himself. Rama is actually a reincarnation of Vishnu!”
Sita dropped to the ground in disbelief, but it all seemed
to be so clear to her now.
“Yes, your dear Rama is actually the supreme being in human
form. He came to Earth to guide us mortals to a more prosperous future. Who are
you to question the actions of Vishnu? Are you so certain that you know better
than the god of gods?”
The shock always remained with Sita, but she had finally
found solace.
Bibliography:
Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley (2008)
Author's Note:
Something that really bothered me about the Ramayana was how cold Rama was towards Sita in the end. He went through so much trouble to get Sita back from Ravana, only to doubt her purity. Sita even goes through a trial by fire to show that she was devoted to Rama. Agni does not allow the flames to harm Sita, because she was indeed always faithful to Rama. Even after this, Rama's subjects do not believe Sita and say that she is tarnished by living in another man's house. Rama banishes Sita to the forest to save face with his subjects where Sita meets up with Valmiki. Apparently Valmiki writes the Ramayana based off of the stories that Sita tells him.
In this story, I wanted to show my frustrations with how Sita was treated by Rama by having her question his ethics. Valmiki plays the role of mediator and tells Sita the truth about Rama's origins. This was the only logical explanation I could come up with about why Sita would ever be ok with how she was treated. After all, who can question the supreme god?
Week 12 Reading Diary, Continued: Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley
For this post I finished the film Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley. This was much shorter than the first portion of the film, but it was still interesting.
I continued to enjoy the humor that was randomly injected into both the narration and the animation. I finally came to realize that the break-aways to Dave and Nina were supposed to be a reflection of how Sita gave her all to Rama but he still rejected her. I was pretty sad for Nina and I hope this did not happen to her in real life.
Anyways, Nina found comfort in reading the Ramayana because such a similar situation occurred to her as did to Sita. I may have forgot, but I think I learned that Sita told the stories of the Ramayana to Valmiki when she came across him during her exile with her twin sons.
The best story to come out of this portion was the one where Sita asks to be reclaimed by the Earth if she had always been true to Rama. I just cannot believe that Rama, who was supposed to be so virtuous, always doubted his one true love. Sita was reclaimed by the Mother Earth because she, as any rational person would know, had been always faithful to Rama. Rama was deservedly crushed by losing Sita once and for all.
I'm just baffled that Rama went through all the trouble to get Sita back if he was always going to distrust her. Seems like a lot of trouble to be that cold-hearted in the end.
I think a good story would be to use this doubtful attitude towards a loved one followed by that person losing them forever.
I continued to enjoy the humor that was randomly injected into both the narration and the animation. I finally came to realize that the break-aways to Dave and Nina were supposed to be a reflection of how Sita gave her all to Rama but he still rejected her. I was pretty sad for Nina and I hope this did not happen to her in real life.
Anyways, Nina found comfort in reading the Ramayana because such a similar situation occurred to her as did to Sita. I may have forgot, but I think I learned that Sita told the stories of the Ramayana to Valmiki when she came across him during her exile with her twin sons.
The best story to come out of this portion was the one where Sita asks to be reclaimed by the Earth if she had always been true to Rama. I just cannot believe that Rama, who was supposed to be so virtuous, always doubted his one true love. Sita was reclaimed by the Mother Earth because she, as any rational person would know, had been always faithful to Rama. Rama was deservedly crushed by losing Sita once and for all.
I'm just baffled that Rama went through all the trouble to get Sita back if he was always going to distrust her. Seems like a lot of trouble to be that cold-hearted in the end.
I think a good story would be to use this doubtful attitude towards a loved one followed by that person losing them forever.
Source: Sita with Valmiki
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Week 12 Reading Diary: Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley
This week I started watching Nina Paley's film, Sita Sings the Blues. This was an animated film that focuses on the Ramayana.
I really enjoyed the narrators arguing and trying to remember certain stories about the Ramayana. It sounded like each of them had been told these stories while they were growing up, but they could not remember all of the details about them.
It has been a little while since I have read the Ramayana, so this was a good refresher for me. The best part of the film for me so far was the retelling of how Hanuman went to Lanka to find Sita. I learned that Hanuman was actually a reincarnation of Shiva, sent to help the reincarnation of Vishnu, Rama. The story didn't mention the part where Hanuman burnt the city of Lanka with his burning tail, but it did show Hanuman doing so in the animation.
At this time I do not know why the film keeps cutting back to the couple with the cat. The guy moves away to India for a contract job and the girl leaves their apartment to go live with him. He acts very cold towards her when she arrives. I'm not sure how this is going to tie into the Ramayana, but I guess I will figure that out in the second half of the film.
There were plenty of gory scenes where Rama decapitated and dismembered the rakshasas. Rama shot arrows at two rows of rakshasas during one of the songs Sita was singing, which caused fountains of blood to cascade around them.
I really like the humor that is going on throughout the film so far. The dramatic music playing with Ravana's mouth gaping after Sita says she will never be his wife and Rama was going to come and kill him.
I really enjoyed the narrators arguing and trying to remember certain stories about the Ramayana. It sounded like each of them had been told these stories while they were growing up, but they could not remember all of the details about them.
It has been a little while since I have read the Ramayana, so this was a good refresher for me. The best part of the film for me so far was the retelling of how Hanuman went to Lanka to find Sita. I learned that Hanuman was actually a reincarnation of Shiva, sent to help the reincarnation of Vishnu, Rama. The story didn't mention the part where Hanuman burnt the city of Lanka with his burning tail, but it did show Hanuman doing so in the animation.
Source: Hanuman burning down the city of Lanka
At this time I do not know why the film keeps cutting back to the couple with the cat. The guy moves away to India for a contract job and the girl leaves their apartment to go live with him. He acts very cold towards her when she arrives. I'm not sure how this is going to tie into the Ramayana, but I guess I will figure that out in the second half of the film.
There were plenty of gory scenes where Rama decapitated and dismembered the rakshasas. Rama shot arrows at two rows of rakshasas during one of the songs Sita was singing, which caused fountains of blood to cascade around them.
I really like the humor that is going on throughout the film so far. The dramatic music playing with Ravana's mouth gaping after Sita says she will never be his wife and Rama was going to come and kill him.
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