Namaste,
I came across an article about a short-film about Ramayana called "Sita Sings the Blues". It was masterminded by a mleccha (who else? ) in the US called Nina Paley.
In summary, this movie is highly deprecating of Rama, Sita, and Hinduism in general. To top it off, the movie begins with a fellow, with an Indian accent too, saying, "The Ramayana is NOT a true story like the bible is!"
This is a clear attempt by another christian filth denigrating Hindus and Hinduism. The funny thing is that this female lived in Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) with her husband and was dumped soon after! LOL...
She then decided to do this film and portrays many of the characters disrespectfully and with disdain towards Hindus.
Those of you too disgusted to watch the entire thing, a few of the shockers are well described here: http://forumforhinduawakening.org/ar...ings-the-blues
(For example, she shows Rama trampling on Sita's stomach while she is pregnant! )
Anyway, here is the link to the full movie on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzTg7YXuy34
I am especially keen on hearing your comments regarding this. Is this movie safe-guarded under 'free speech'/'freedom of expression' and consequently should it be allowed? Do you consider protest against such denigration "fundamentalist" or "threatening" as Nina Paley herself considers? Contrarily, why should it be removed and/or banned?
This is a similar situation to that loser MF Husain who was booted out of India for denigrating Hindu Gods and Goddesses.
In my opinion, Hindus should be educated enough about our philosophy, history, and scriptures that they would NOT be perturbed by such transgressions of mlecchas but would be wise enough to ignore it completely. The counterargument is that despite the fact that these "films" etc. are derogatory towards Hindus, they impel non-Hindus to research more about Hindus/Hinduism or the subject in this case, Ramayana.
Obviously, I am perturbed by it and cannot ignore such blatant denigrations of India/Hinduism.
JAI HIND!
Namaskar.
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