They
say that the biggest gift we have is always the “Gift of Life”. This is most
profound, most endearing and most priceless
possession we have because our very existence in this earth is sacred. Hence
across ages, cutting across the religious divides and regions there is a very
strong belief that it is not just blasphemous, but outright abject to take
someone’s life or for that matter one’s own. From the same argument it follows
that we should do whatever it takes to preserve ones life and if that means
organ donation or a recipient, so be it.
With
profound development in medical sciences it has been found that by donating
organs a single human being can save upto 50 lives for different ailment. Organ
Donation as a concept in India is limited only to Eye or Kidney Donation and
that too a very esoteric group of individuals. What we know for sure is that a
lot of our bodily organs can be transplanted successfully and can save many
many lives.
The
movie or shall I say the revelation “Ship of Thesues” – takes this very emotive
issue head on and deal with it in a very narrative way through the lives of
three different individuals.
Theseus’
ship was repaired, plank-by-plank, to the point where no material from the
original remained in the restored craft — a story used by Greek philosopher
Plutarch to pose provocative questions about what constitutes authenticity and
identity. If you dismantle a ship,
plank by plank, and reassemble it, does it remain the same ship?
Weather
it is the same ship or not is for an individual to judge and I believe the
audience will be smart and astute enough to come to a defining conclusion or
atleast make an attempt to arrive at a conclusion.
