Thoughts inspired by Aaha Kalyanam
I meant my ancestors, I will call into the past, far back to the beginning of time and beg them to come and help me at the judgment. I will reach back and draw them into me, and they must come, for at this moment I am the whole reason they have existed at all ….from the movie “Amistad.’ I watched this movie about 15 years ago and for some reason the sentiment attached to this line stuck with me. Over this weekend, I found myself searching for this line. Finally after 30-45 minutes of searching on the internet, I found it. Why now? Over the past 36 hours, since I watched Gokul’s ‘Aaha Kalyanam’ many thoughts have been crisscrossing my mind. Let me just dive in and try and put these in the written word. Important note here – I am writing this piece purely for myself and hence don’t expect you to read this really. But just sharing all the same. First, the powerful sentiment that we are just an extension of the ancestors is increasingly starting to sink into me. This though...