Ramayana Reflection

I consider the story of the Ramayana, not only as some historical telling that has had a profound impact on people for centuries, but also as a true story about characters- I believe in and worship. The versions of Ramayana except for the Valmiki version sounds unlikely to me as, since my childhood, I have been told the Valmiki’s version as the originality the Ramayana. The term ‘originality’ for Ramayana depends where you stand as a believer or as someone not involved in the religion, but has a scholarly knowledge on the history of Ramayana. Still, I appreciate the attempt of the comic book Ramayana Reloaded and the movie Sita sings the Blues to make the story sound more fancy and entertaining, because over the course of generations,

On the page 4 of the Ramayana Reloaded 02 (2007), Rama says, “even if I wished to return, Armaragh is closed for me for the next 13 years” and I found that this character of Rama was depicted in a way that is very typical to the Ramayana. With reference to the Ramayana Reloaded 02 (2007) page 12, 13 and 14, I understood that the comic is trying to articulate that the wrongdoings of the demons are committed because their land, family, and community are torn away and they had to atone for their bad deeds. It shows if they apologize for what they have done, they can be forgiven. It also writes that the demons owe Rama for saving their lives. In fact, I do not think there are characters in the Ramayana who do not owe a debt to Rama. In the entire context of Ramayana I have known Rama has helped others no matter what personalities they

In spite of the proof that Sita is pure and has not shared her bed with any other man, Ram refuses her. He becomes distant. Likewise, the film producer’s husband shows an unreasonable ignorance, which creates a serious breakdown in their relationship. Both the comic and the film have been made in new ways so that the new generation does not have go through those old, plainer version, which are not flashy like todays texts, in order to learn about the story. In the Ramayana Reloaded, the characters are shown as though superhero figures with abs and pecs in order to draw young people’s attention. Whereas, Sita Sings the Blues is made hilarious in both the visual and sound presentation: 2D cartoonist way with the lamenting song. It was an interesting way of telling the overall