Ashis Nandy, Ashis Da. One of India’s indigenous intellectuals. A sociologist, a trained clinical psychologist. Often celebrated as India’s most provocative thinkers. He had been a part of my journey since 2000, when i first started research into the oral histories of partition. His depth of understanding about the Indian psyche has been a great help in my work so far. The part i really enjoy about him? His keen intellect that rides on the earth of a thousand and one stories, breathing within this land.
The Film
A daughter's journey distilling the nectar of the stories she heard as a child. Weaving ancient texts in the fabric of modern life. Rediscovering the land of her childhood. Where religion is synonymous with the celebration of life.
Journeying from the Himalayas to the Peninsular India. Through rivers, mountains, forests, caves. She meets many practitioners. Each conversation reveals unfathomable depths to the seemingly simple rituals. The nature of life. Why we are born. Why we die. What is change. And what amidst this constant flux - joy, sorrow; success, failure; love, hate - is the One ... constant, unchanging, unmoving.
This cinematic journey creates an experiential rendering of one of the Earth's oldest spiritual traditions.
Come. Wander. Experience.
*FEATURING* A former Australian miner. A Spanish sanyasi. An American journalist turned Yoga guru. A young Columbian Indophile. A Ho Chi Minh style Indian mystic who can speak-read nearly a dozen world languages. And many other soul wanderers.
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