Namit Malhotra and Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana: Part 1 is due to come out in theaters worldwide early November.

Thousands of people read or re-read The Odyssey before Christopher Nolan’s triumphant interpretation hit the silver screen earlier this year.

Currently I stand where my love of cinema and an equally powerful love of the great Indian epics intersect. Story is life, and our lives are a story.

Dear One,

Sometimes a cultural moment asks for you, specifically, to stand up, raise your hand, and make yourself available as a resource.

I find myself in such a moment.

Dear One,

In the fullness of the moon we express gratitude that the light remains even in the night. Thank you to the teachers who remove the darkness.

Dear One,

Everything is always shifting whether we want it to or not. Shifts happen.

Dear One,

When what we perceive as a problem presents itself in our lives, the story and the details swirling around it make it nearly impossible to swiftly overcome.

You know the scenes in Empire Strikes Back when Luke Skywalker’s Jedi training with Yoda tests him in every facet of life?