Agni, the god of fire, accepts sacrifices and serves as a mortal-to-deity messenger by enveloping the human oblation in his flames and bringing it to the gods
Phoolan Devi
Phoolan Devi, the “Bandit Queen,” is remembered as both a champion of India’s poor and one of the modern nation’s most infamous outlaws. Following an early, nonconsensual marriage and several sexual abductions, Devi began a streak of violent robberies across northern and central India, targeting upper castes. In 1981 she led her gang of bandits to massacre more than 20 men in the high-caste village where her former lover was killed. Devi negotiated her sentence with the Indian government to 11 years in jail. Within two years of her release, she was elected to Parliament. While some say she did little to improve the lower castes’ plight during her two terms in office, her opposition to the caste system made Devi a symbol for the rights of the poor and the oppressed.
There is a great, if slightly stylized movie called Bandit Queen about this fine lady, released in 1994 that I definitely recommend to people.
Maasai
I’m currently doing some work for my company in Kenya, so even though this is technically an India blog, I should post a little bit about my time here!
I have to think about what to write though because I’ve been working like 70 hours a week and have so little time to go around but I did manage to see baby orphan elephants ;O;
Stumbled on these beautiful illustrations on brainpickings.org. Pixar animator Sanjay Patel re-imagined mythology in his self-published book The Little Book Of Hindu Deities.
reminds me of Sita Sings the Blues :)
omg i want this book
these illustrations are so fresh
This book is one of my favorite things ever and one of my treasures, literally.
I haven’t drawn much during my time in India but I am making up for some lost time. Here are some of the few things I have managed to do, some people who I know and met who have become really important to me. Faces are something I love to draw.
My brand new half sleeve it’s not done yet, next session will be color and finish the shading the session after that will be back ground. I love my ganesh to always remind me that obstacles do not last forever :)
“Durga becomes angry, her face becoming dark as ink. Suddenly the goddess Kali springs from her forehead.” Kali is Durga’s rage, fury, and bloodlust unleashed onto the battlefield. “She roars loudly and leaps into battle where she tears demons apart with her hands and crushes them in her jaws.”
They are both the same yet they are not the same.
