Naranathu Madman

Sometimes in my life,I need a man in my neighbourhoods to warn me that I’m Wrong!

Dear Friend,

Jean  Dominique bauby, The central character in the French movie, “The diving bell and the butterfly”  acted by Mathieu Amalric .Movie is directed by a notable painter/movie maker; Julian Schnabel in the year 2007. It is adapted from French memoir Le scaphandre et le papillon written by a journalist .Though it is communicated with the audience in French, Movie drew much attention from the public and carries away a good number of awards including Golden Globes, Nominated to  four academy awards and at Cannes as well. Movie is drenched in deep sorrows; but the message is one of hope

(Oh, I forget to tell, For the last few months i have been viewing and reviewing the world cinemas,J (but in a few number) to make out the way in which the world is trying to tell a subject. I wondered by the skills of different people who are going to the deep beauty of the matter with their camera. They are doing in a dextrous manner so that people are stick to their chairs with widely opened eyes. One good reason which i deserted from my regional movies is its extreme other perspective of showing the subject; unnatural and light version of the truths.)

The Diving bell and the butterfly is a story of a man(Bauby) who suffered a Stroke and lapsed in to coma.  Medical science tells it is a Locked in Syndrome. Twenty days after the stroke, He awoke to conscious mind. But he was completely paralysed expect some movements to head and left eye. Before, Bauby was an editor of Elle fashion magazine. Professionally he was a brilliant stuff. Director starts his movie by shooting his movements of the eyelids and the time to recover from his unconscious mind. Then our character understood that he is in a hospital care unit. Medical team is curiously looking at his paralytic face. He is responding positively to the doctor’s query that helps them to understand that he is not a Dead being. Later shots revealed his helplessness and dependence.( Like without his permission, once a doctor switched off the television). As the days passed by, there is no physical change to this man. But the atmosphere in that hospital room is changed. He knows everything, he feels everything, But Others don’t know what his feeling is!

Director introduced a new character in the movie as a Speech therapist in the later shots. It makes the movie powerful and universal. She taught him to communicate with the world by blinking his left eye. She arranged the French alphabets in a particular order such that frequently using alphabet comes at first and would recited for him(E, S, A, R, I, N, T, U, L, etc.). If that alphabet is correct, he will blink his left eye. She wrote each alphabet and makes a word and then a sentence. He started to communicate with each one at the hospital. As the movie moved front, it showed bauby’s personal life and achievements, fall backs & affairs. It was very touching when he portrays bauby’s relationship with father. Tears rolled down through my eyes when father’s phone call came to the hospital room. He spoke with him with the help of speech therapist .

Though appalled by his condition, Bauby came to realise that he had been left with an incredible gift. He still had the means to escape the "diving bell" of his stricken body by letting the "butterfly" of his memory and imagination take flight. Bauby desired to write an autobiography .Eventhough it is a strainful work, his girlfriend helped him to fulfil his dream. He told his all story with his blinking eyelid. It was a journey which ended in a Book. She recited each alphabets in the order of its frequency of usage.He blinked his eye at the right alphabet. She made a word from the alphabets...From words to sentences ..Sentences to paragraphs...paragraphs to pages..pages to chapter...From chapter to chapters. With Chapters she compiled a book....Book’s Title is The Diving bell and the butterfly... The book took about 200,000 blinks to write and an average word took approximately two minutes ... The book also chronicles everyday events for a person with locked-in syndrome. These events include playing at the beach with his family, getting a bath, and meeting visitors.As Julian Schnabel told, Bauby solved the problem: He turned a disaster in to something extraordinary

 He died two days after his book is published in French...I thought it was only a fictionalized movie; But .....

Jean Dominique bauby (Real Man)

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Sometimes, Some people would tell bed ridden people are useless. So they are fabricating laws in order to kill them under the darkness of the closed room. They have given a cute name for it ‘Mercy Killing’. But Nobody knows what is their potential. Or Who will measure the value of their Presence!

My Love to you.

Subin

Once, But Recently our Naranathu 'Madman' was rolling a huge rock up through the streets. Diogenes’ met him at the middle of the street.

Diogenes’ hold his lamp at his face and asked, “ Oh, Mr.Naranathu?”

“Do You hear the latest joke”

“What”

“Babu weds Sabu ”

Naranathu roared "Boanerges, where did you hide your Thunder!"

Last month , our honourable Delhi high court reviewed the article 377 of our constitution. All of us may know about the facts and stories behind the amendments of the article. In short, now onwards the Law will protect people having ‘special’ sexual orientation. With all my respects to the judiciary body of my country, Loudly telling.....This amendment is against the Nature.. All the time Man interprets the things in his own interest. Man is constantly creating challenges to his existence and the nature..All the time i felt that our system is facing towards the West, where our culture, lifestyle even spirituality having a good difference. . .My belief is most of the citizens are sharing my view .

My request...

Those who can influence our Parliament, Judiciary and Beurocracy; Please do it in order to save our Mankind!

Blessed are those Men who love their women so passionately J