“LIFE OF PI” – A movie which was strongly
recommended by everyone and I always had a plan of watching it for I am an
ardent admirer of stories of courage, will power, adversity ,no doubt my favorite
show .on television happens to be"i shouldn't be alive" and ya the movies was so beautiful
This blog post is for an idea that I loved
about the film – An Indian way of life in its pure and honest form avoiding
being judgmental or criticizing .We all here are born and brought up in an
environment that may seem mysterious to an outsider –Religion is an integral
part of our life and so is science .We all have a mother in our family who
warns us of all possible disasters that may occur if we don’t perform our
morning prayers and a father who explains us that reasoning and science is the
biggest god. We grow up. we form our own affinities, make friends from diverse
religions and beliefs ,we counter, we debate ,we dine together over festivals
still debating someone declaring he is an atheist ,someone a staunch vegetarian
and somehow we fail to notice that religion in some or other way has slowly
crept into our lives
And this is WE –we have been like
this from the great Indus valley civilization like this only .we have our own
set of superstitions ,our own favorite gods among the crores of them each
having their own weird stories ,our own castes and preformed set of rules for
clan n caste ,the system may seem to have weakened from ages but it still persists
and its here to stay forever
With all our imperfections ,our flaws
it’s the same country where science evolved in ashrams and gurukuls –be it
medical science or the chemical ones and Life of Pi was all the more adorable
because may be in a very small form –it showed the world a real and apt picture
of Indian way of life .India is not only a country of child trafficking and” slumdogs”
,India is just not a country where you halt for “PRAYING” after eating and
before falling in love ,India is not only a country of loud mouthed punjabis
who dream to settle in Canada ,India is just not a country of weird NRIs it’s a
place of some of the best brains and creative persons,India is just not a
country of Kamasutra it’s a country of charaksutra too ……..its a country which
is so deeply ingrained in spirituality but still progressing in the 21st
century and that’s why I expect the global cinema to portray
Good Blog..! One small suggestion..please change the background colour if possible.Eyes are feeling strain while reading in the present Black and White colour mix.
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