Finding our roots
We had not seen a movie for a long time. Its almost like an addiction - one starts getting the urge to see a story sitting still for 2-3 hours - and then the excitement of the post movie crtique discussion - We decided to catch up on the 'Namesake' by Mira Nair. This was a long pending movie on our list. Namesake is about discovery of ones roots. In the globalised era, trends sweep the globe and many times the youth are caught in this wave of culture trends. These waves bring in the initial excitement of something new but over a period of time one goes so far way from his original cultural roots that one starts suffering from a identity crisis. This is the beginning when one starts feeling something amiss. The protagonist in 'Namesake' undergoes this cultural turmoil until he finds his roots and the freedom, joy that accompanies when one is in harmony with one's roots. What is a root and why one finds comfort being there? Root is our inner pe