Hello there Mohanbhai,
Thanks for sharing this with us! I have indeed seen several of the episodes, via the BADMASH website. But I'll have to return and see more!

Hi Yesha,
I was wondering if you knew the work of American cartoonist, animator and illustrator Nina Paley. Inspired by Sita, she created "The Sitayana":

www.ninapaley.com/Sitayana/

I find Nina's animated feature very creative even though her Sita is not very feminist!
Here is a presentation of her work by the "Hafta" magazine:

haftamag.com/content/view/77/37/

:)
Mohan

Terrific show, Yesha! Good idea to bring Smitha’s nth dimension into the spotlight. What is extremely uplifting about this program is the fact that the cultural baton has now, without a doubt, passed into the hands of the next generation. We are witnessing the evolution of an ancient philosophy in new and innotive ways that maestros like Maithili Kumar, Indumathy Ganesh, Vishal Ramani and Sonal Mansingh of our generation may never have imagined. The Ramayana, was originally meant to be Sita’s story, but man prevailed and thus imposed a set of values born of literal interpretation that has been blindly adhered to for generations. Why else would the pot-bellied guruji at the temple froth at the mouth when I question the absence of Jesus in the gallery of multi-religious portraits? “Hamaar bhagvaaan sirif Raam bhagvaan hai....hum UNKE bhagvaaan ko ka mane?” Yes, Raama has lost Its meaning to Hindus. The male-female balancing principle of the universe, personified by Rama and Sita has instead been construed to pued to present a code that serves to maintain the male-female imbalance in our uninformed society! But there is hope. And I see it in the 1000 Ramayanas. Congratulations to Alyssa, Prasant and Ganesh too. I look forward to the show.
Mona Vijaykar