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Sita sings the blue | A film by Nina Paley

Movie Info Two women having troubles with their men, separated by several centuries, find their stories coming together in this animated comedy-drama from artist and animator Nina Paley. A female cartoonist moves from the United States when her husband gets a new job in India. While acclimating to her new life in India, the cartoonist becomes fascinated with the Hindu folk tale "the Ramayana," in which a beautiful woman named Sita, who was created spontaneously from the Earth, is adopted by King Janaka, pledged to a brave warrior named Rama, and is kidnapped by the demonic leader Ravana. Sita's story is given two visual interpretations at once -- a visually striking abstract version and another which employs a whimsical, cartoony approach and uses vintage recordings of jazz singer Annette Hanshaw for Sita's voice. As the film jumps back and forth between two adaptations of the Ramayana, the cartoonist discovers that her sojourn in India has taken a turn for the w

ആമി ഒരു ബീജഗണിതം

ആമി ഒരു ബീജഗണിതം ആയിരുന്നു. അറിയാത്തതിനെ  "x" എന്ന് വിളിച്ചു മുന്നോട്ടു പോയിരുന്ന ഒരു ബീജ ഗണിതം . അറിവില്ലായ്മയുടെ അറിവുകളില്‍ എവിടെയോ അവളെ  ചികഞ്ഞ  പുരുഷനും, തെറ്റുകളുടെ ശരികളില്‍ എവിടെയോ അവള്‍ പ്രണയിച്ച പുരുഷനും, കൂട്ടുകയും കുറക്കുകയും, ഗുണിക്കുകയും, ഹരിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.