Reading: Sita Sings the Blues Part B

0:54 Sita becomes pregnant with Rama
1:00 Rama banishes Sita because Rama's subjects think Sita is unpure
1:03 Sita meets some holy men that help her and she gives birth to twins
1:05 the boys were taught to praise Rama
1:07 Sita continued to pray to Rama and still loved him
1:11 One day, as Rama was walking through the forest and he came across his sons and invites them back to his kingdom
1:13 Sita asks that if she is pure, mother nature should come take her away
1:15 Sita gets what she asks for and she is finally free

Sita's unconditional love for Rama

Bibliography: Sita Sings the Blues

Reading: Sita Sings the Blues Part A

0:14 Rama and Sita start their exile into the forest

0:15 Ravana is a good king except for him stealing Sita. He would pray to the right gods and was a good, learned, man. He was the king of Lanka

0:16 Surphanaka, Ravana's sister, convinces Ravana to steal Sita

0:18 Ravana steals Sita away when Rama was distracted

0:20 Sita sings about how much she loves Rama

0:22 Hanuman is the incarnation of Shiva so his sole purpose was to help Rama

0:26 Sita stays true to her love Rama and despite Ravana's andvances, Sita stays true

0:32 Hanuman assembles an army and, under Rama's leadership, they march to save Sita.

0:38 Rama becomes very cold to Sita because Rama thinks Sita was with Rama

0:40 Sita goes into a fire to prove she's innocent and Rama believed her

0:44 the gods sent a flying chariot to take Rama and Sita back to Rama's kingdom

0:46 "if you want the rainbow, you must have the rain"

Sita singing the blues

Bibliography: Sita Sings the Blues