Let the world change you

'It isn't a tale of heroic feats. It is a glimpse of two lives that ran parallel for a while, with similar hopes and convergent dreams' - Ernesto Che Guevara

The next movie you decide to watch......let 'The Motorcycle Diaries' be the one.

Based on Ernesto Guevara's memoirs - The Motorcycle Diaries, the movie is a true account of a journey undertaken by two friends: Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado through Latin America in 1952. 5000 miles in 4 months.
These two medical students from Argentina leave on their motorbike to discover the land they live in, the land which they've read about in books. Chasing girls, having fun...soon this expedition of theirs bring them face to face with the real life in South America - the poverty, the oppression of the poor, the injustice...

The film captures the origins of revolutionary spirits within Ernesto quite succinctly, with impeccable acting by all the lead players and amazing directional craft. Music score and some breath-taking natural beauty adds to the charm.

The movie ends at the hints of this transformation - Ernesto symbolically swimming across Amazon to reach the oppressed inmates of the leper colony.

As it stands, Ernesto 'Che' Guevarao went on to adopt Marxism and became a great revolutionary for social justice and upliftment, rising to be an inspirational leader for the masses of the whole of Latin America.

Rightly said,

'Let the world change you.... And you can change the world' - The Motorcycle Diaries

There's always room

So, my strife in being regular on the blog continues. Much has happened since my last post. Term II over. Currently in the midst of term III, trying to grope with corporate finance, operations management and the like... and the mid-term exams hovering around..

Watched this movie yesterday - 'Hotel Rwanda', based on the true account of the 1994 crisis of Rwanda.
An inspirational movie, that just makes you think so many things -
about the human nature, the hatred that 'God only knows why' is sweeping all around, the state of International Politics, the ineffectiveness and helplessness of organizations like UN.
But then, even in this darkest of hour, there are certain souls, who have the courage to take a stand and to serve selflessly with their heart...when there's no hope.

Starring Don Cheadle, as Paul Rusesbagina, the manager of a 4-star hotel in Kagila - the capital of Rwanda, this 2004 movie brings forth the horrifying Tutsi and Hutu clash of 1994 - to which the rest of the world simply shut its eyes out.
Amidst this macro-event, this is the true personal story of Paul and his courageous attempt in saving more than 1200 lives.
Though sad and disturbing, this movie is, on the contrary, about courage, hope and compassion for our fellow beings.... no matter how constrained, how tough the times may be.
As Paul says towards the end - 'There's always room'