This is brilliant. I am not often moved, but this video moved me.
When we are kids, we read about heroes, superheroes. We read about men and women who take up arms and go to war. Movies speak of those heroes who, single-handedly, win battles.
Jadav Payeng, from the North-Eastern State of Assam in India, is a hero. He is poor. Yet, he has re-forested an area larger than Central Park all by himself.
If this is not heroism, what is?
With men like him around, we can have a nice planet to live in.
Do watch the video. It is moving.
“Forest Man” is a short documentary directed by Canadian filmmaker William D. McMaster that follows Jadav Payeng, a man living in Jorhat, India, who has been planting his own forest on Majuli Island in India’s Brahmaputra River since the late 1970s. The forest, which now covers more ground than New York’s Central Park, is home to a diverse array of wildlife, including rhinos, deer, tigers and 115 elephants. “My dream is to fill up Majuli Iland and Jorhat with forest again. I will continue to plant until my last breath.”
Okay if you are moved I’m going to watch now! I like things like this! 😀
Oh wow I really really liked this a lot! I’m following their blog now as well! So wonderful! 😀
Glad you liked it!
Hey Rajiv … I shall watch that video. I love hearing stories like this. The world is a better place because of people like this.
Do watch it.. It will move you
I just watched it and thought it was brilliant! His success with his beautiful forest is because he cares. I watched him throw seed and plant sticks .. they will grow. Thank you .. one of the Best things I have seen in a long time.
Super. I knew that this would speak to you…