Cartoonist Nina Paley is slowly turning the narrative of Ramayana (a Hindu Sanskrit epic) into a series of remarkable animations set to a soundtrack of scratchy old 78s. The result is Sita Sings the Blues, a ‘self-animated, unfunded, destined-to- drive-me-to- the-poorhouse feature-in-progress.’ Nina describes the latest chapter, Hanuman Finds Sita: ‘Gags, gimmicks, AND narrative – hundreds of pages of text crammed into 3 minutes. Plus it contains all 4 main characters: Sita, Rama, Hanuman and Ravana, with extra added bonus demons … People already familiar with the Ramayana will probably enjoy these musical bits more, but I’m trying to make the story understandable to anyone.”