Friday, June 7, 2013

Gods, heroes and other things.....



For quite some time, my mind has been facing a total outage. It refused to think beyond daily “things-to-do” and blogging was procrastinated to “better” times. But the entire buzz this weekend was difficult to stay away from, because it was marked by two very different events that showcased how Bangalore voraciously celebrated a contemporary event while still holding on to its roots, with equal gusto.

Bangalore’s traditional festival, known as the Oora Habba, was celebrated in certain parts of the city, where local communities please the Gods with festivities and rituals, to look after the well-being of the people.









Witnessing this was like taking a time travel back in history where hundreds of people, largely agrarian, used to pray for a good harvest. The sheer scale and splendor of the Oora Habba procession was a visual treat indeed!
 










 Hero worship has always been in our system. We have always reveled in the thought of some superpower saving us from “whatever that is troubling us” and therefore wonderful stories about super heroes and evil villains, were narrated and handed over through generations in the form of mythologies. And then came America unleashing its creativity and bringing us a whole new set of characters to worship and abhor.





 This weekend, true to its identity as the quintessential metropolis that balances traditional and contemporary, Bangalore hosted the Comic Con fest that brought together the best artists & writers of the country.










 



And for our own reading, we took back 2 comics. 

"Zeus and the rise of the Olympians" by Campfire (with its stunning graphics, this is already turning out to be an awesome read)

and the second one which I'am most excited about,

"Ravanayan" - a new comic book series by Holy Cow Entertainment, that retells Valmiki’s classic epic from the point of view of its antagonist - Ravana (finnnne, the man did get tempted, but there was more to him!). And from the look of it, this might make the "Avengers" seem small.

(Pic courtesy: http://www.holycow.in/ravanayan/)

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