About a year back, almost this time of the year, I
had visited Kolkata for some official work. On my way back to Mumbai,
I boarded the flight and was desperately waiting for it to take off. For some
reason, the flight got delayed and all the passengers were made to wait inside
the aircraft with no air-condition. After a point it was hard to breath and
some of us complained to the crew, but there was nothing in their control. I
was convinced that this journey was going to be disastrous one. With lot of
disappointment, I decided to read the book, which I was carrying and hoped to get
some sleep so as to spare the unpleasant surprises, if any.
I had just begun to read when my co-passenger
opened up his laptop and started to play a movie. Fortunately he did not have
ear plugs and he played the movie on full volume. He started narrating the plot
of the movie to his friend, which really interested me. I decided to close my book
and requested him if I can too join them. It was – Grave of the fireflies,
movie based on the post World War II effects in Japan.
I got so
engrossed into the movie that I hardly blinked my eye. This movie is one of the
perfect examples of how humans are blessed with powers beyond imagination –
power to be happy with least resources at disposal and still hope for joy when almost
everything we could possibly think of is lost, power to make others happy and
audacity to love unconditionally.
There are some breathtaking moments, which really
left an impression on me. For e.g. when we are thrown in a challenging
situation which pushes us away from our comfort zone, we have two choices 1. We
quit or 2 we learn to survive, and this movie teaches us ‘how to survive’. It
teaches us how to learn and gain power and do things beyond our age and physical
or mental capabilities.
There is also an important message in this movie which
is very dear to my heart – “Optimum utilization of natural resources.” At times
I see lot of people wasting natural and vital resources like water, food, paper
etc. Just because we have them to use does not mean we should waste them. Movie
aside, there are many people on this planet who are devoid of the basics and
hence we owe it to them.
I personally recommend you to watch this movie :)
The flight experience that could have been disastrous actually turned into a blessing. No Complaints!
Save Earth.
Love always,
Jini
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