It was reported that after watching Satyajit Ray's "Pather Panchali" (1955) at the Cannes Film Festival, François Truffaut said, "I don't want to see a movie of peasants eating with their hands" and had stated that the movie was "Insipid". When Truffaut was asked about it in 1977, he retorted immediately & said,
“On the contrary, I wanted to see 'Pather Panchali' once again after it ended. I did struggle with its pace initially but realised it had to be that way because the film isn’t about poverty at all. It’s a coming-of-age work about children being introduced to the horrors and wonders of life.”
P.S: On this day, 71 years ago, "Pather Panchali" (1955) was released in India.
Couple of days ago, Dusharla Satyanarayana was beaten up and left to bleed in his farm.
Who is Dusharla Satyanarayana?
A 72 year old man who inherited 70 acres of ancestral land in Raghavapuram, Suryapet, Telangana.
He didn’t sell it or make it a real estate venture, instead he resigned to his plush bank job and took up a full time work to repair the environment.
He planted FIVE CRORE trees in the land, all by himself.
He also dug 13 ponds and small lakes in this forest. He developed rainwater harvesting system in his forest.
He doesn’t sell the agri-products, he says every fruit / flower / leaf that grows in this forest belongs to the animals, birds and the forest itself.
At least 32 varieties of birds made this forest their home, along with numerous animals.
When Nalgonda district was suffering because of Fluorosis, he started an NGO Jala Sadhana Samithi and worked intensively to educate people about the problems. He made government to listen to the water crisis and brought in policy changes.
Dusharla Satyanarayana doesn’t even pluck a fruit for himself from the forest. And he decided not to give his land to his son also!
People offered him hundreds of crores for the land and he flatly refused. He family and neighbours fought with him but he never gave up caring for nature and his forest.
Three days ago, a few men thrashed him because he stopped them from cutting trees in his forest. He told them not to destroy the nature. These men are neighbouring villagers who want to graze their cattle and cut the trees for their needs.
Dusharla Satyanarayana is now getting treated at a government hospital in Hyderabad.
Wishing him a very speedy recovery.
Wish people understand what this man is doing for this world & protect him, if not worship him.
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