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Film ‘Earth Pilgrim’

A feat on feet

Kavita, New Delhi
He calls himself an ’Earth Pilgrim' because his long journey, with deep spiritual dimensions, has taught him to cultivate a reverence for the earth or Gaia’. And even as world leaders descend on Copenhagen to discuss ambitious targets for damage control of climate change and the world grapples with huge environmental problems, he believes there is hope yet if we live in harmony and renew our connection with nature.
Meet Satish Kumar, former Jain monk, peace pilgrim, ecologist and Gandhi disciple. Recently, the UK-based Satish was in Delhi for a screening and talk on “Earth Pilgrim", a 50-minute documentary film which he has presented for BBC as part of the Natural World series.
The film pans in on Satish as he walks through his well loved Dartmoor in Devon which he has made his home and describes as "My wild paradise”. Satish takes us through some magnificent landscapes, minutely observing the change of seasons and the wondrous flora and fauna of the area. Darkening the sky are the starlings who follow ^ach other in a mass, and seek safety in the protection of numbers akin to what he terms, ‘one immense organ-like a single cell." The camera also takes us to observe other wonders of naturethe mellifluous skylarks soaring high above, a foster mother pipet feeding a fledgling cuckoo before it grows and wings its way to
Africa where its parents have flown already, the mating ritual of the damsel fly, a fox with its playful cubs, the changing flora of the area with the change in season-- bluebells,
thistle and gorse and a host of other plants and flowers.
Sitting under a tree, Satish says, “The tree is the highest teacher. Even Buddha attained enlightenment under a tree.” And nature needs to be nurtured, he adds. “We talk of human rights, what about the rights of nature?" he questions.
What were the challenges he encountered in what can only be termed as “walking meditation" through the moors? Says Satish, "The film was over one year in the making. Since it showed the four seasons, and homed in on so many birds and wildlife, it required a big dose of patience. Also it had to be filmed in natural light so we had to wait forthesuna scarcity in UK.”
“Earth Pilgrim” is not Satish's only claim to fame. Inspired to follow in the footsteps of the great philosopher Bertrand Russell, he undertook
a pilgrimage from his native India virtually around the world to make a peaceful protest against nuclear weapons. TYaversing a distance of 8,000 miles over a period of more than two yearswithout any money -- he ended up at JFK's grave in the US. Questioned on how he managed this stupendous feat, he says that people helped out with tickets, food and clothes but mostly he depended on his own feet.
Quite a feat on feet.