“Babumoshai, zindagi lambi
nahi badi honi chahiye”, Rajesh Khanna
from the movie Anand.
Everyday when we get up in morning the
first thing we do is to pray to almighty to keep us fit, to keep us at bay from
mishaps, may our day be fine and all our activities end up being succeeded. As
the day ends we our more often than not irritated with some or the other things
that didn’t go in our favour or as we desired and contend with few things that
executed according to the plan.
But there are people in this world who
have nothing to ask for while they get up in the morning as they have seen the
worse and when they go to sleep at night they are more often than not happy
because whatever they achieve or lose the entire day in a way acts as a new
experience for them.
In the movie Anand, we see the protagonist always smiling/cracking
jokes/joyous/full of life because he knew he had 6 months left with him and he
wanted to live it to the fullest, make people around him happy, never make
anyone realize that you are the one who needs to be attended specifically,
thus, in the process, keeping himself happy. In the movie Paa, Auro is the liveliest character of because he knew he had lost
everything way back and he just wanted to enjoy the journey of his small life.
Make it more beautiful and memorable. Had 2 small dreams of visiting
Rashtrapati Bhawan and see his maa-paa together again.
Thus we see that the physically
handicapped/naturally affected humans are just like us. They too have feelings,
dreams and the will, desire to live them. But still they are very different
from us. Because despite being naturally disabled, they live their life with a
smile by putting their utmost efforts and by maximizing the use of their
resources unlike us who, instead of making the use of our fit/well-equipped
mind and body, try to find faults/defects in the system and resources available
to us. Our society still treats handicapped people with disdain, keeps them at
distance in social gatherings, they are generally banned in most of the
schools/colleges…but why?? Is being handicapped infectious? Would a dumb friend
of yours make you dumb? Would a polio affected neighbour make your son a polio
patient? The answer is despite being
physically handicapped, they are mentally fit. And we, the so-called fit
humans, are mentally handicapped.
We love movies. Let’s peep into some
of them. It was a socially discarded Kachda
from the movie Lagaan whose polio
affected right hand played a major role in creating the epic saga of a village
who defied all odds to beat an empire at its own game. It was a spirited and
brave Michelle in the movie Black who proved that, with some
genuine guidance, life can be made very colourful even if it was black by
default. Little Ishaan from the
movie Taare Zameen Par showed that
talent is not just confined to lives of fit and well to do people. Talent is
not discriminated and all it needs is nurturing. Beethoven, the German music composer, continued to compose and
perform even after becoming deaf. All these examples go on to show that organs
can fail, situations can get worse and supports can end but passion and hope to
succeed should stay alive somewhere deep inside your heart.
Just as I wrap up this article, my heart
goes out for all those who are unlike us but they teach us a lesson to stop
complaining about small things and live life to the fullest. At times we are
fed up of uncanny weather/traffic jams/skin getting exposed to sun/gaining
weight, etc. These people teach us to look at the larger picture of life
because life is beautiful only if we make it beautiful. Friends, such people are less but they are special, unique and happy.
Jitni bhi hain-jitni bhi hain ummeedein leke,
Jaayein kahan tak-jaayen kahan tak raaste dekhen…
Kar chalna shuru tu, mud ke naa dekh tu,
Jaise hain sahi hai, Ek main aur ekk tu !!
Notes: -
1) I dedicate this
article to Pranshu, who inspired me to start writing blogs. Pranshu is the most
full of life and cheerful friend of mine who is always smiling and making
people around her smile, nevertheless how worse the situation is.
2) This article is also
dedicated to the little but very special and brave girl Nisha, whom we saw in the 6th episode of Satyamev
Jayate. I salute her parents (Mr. and Mrs. Lobo) who had the big heart to adopt
such girl as their daughter.
....@ Debashish
