Sita Sings the Blues on Facebook

Posted in Arts & Letters by prempanicker

From Sita Sings the Blues

On my way out the door, two links:

Sita Sings the Blues — on which more later; for now, enjoy in full. [A Wired interview; an NYT story; Roger Ebert's review]

And the Ramayana on Facebook.

Later, peoples.

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