“What have I learnt? It’s too early yet to say for sure, but I’ll venture this: We, all of us, must learn that fine balance between the prosperity of our own species and the well-being of the planet, we must, like hot and bustling Puerto Maldonado, manage our economic assets so that our affairs continue to be bustling without our environment becoming too hot…” Yann Martel,, CNN blog excerpt It’s only when you have to work here that you realise that the government of India is largely responsible in making our lives difficult.Having just hiked for 3 weeks through the Peruvian Amazon with Cape Farewell’s Andes expedition, Yann Martel reflects on the experience – and possibly future work You have to face corruption to get anything done. Leading commercials director Prahlad Kakkar added, “Martel is probably right. “If he is pointing out something that’s wrong in our country, we should work on it,” said film-maker Rohan Sippy. Because I was in India, it got me intrigued by religion and that also led me to write Life of Pi and also changed my life.”Ī selection of comments quoted by the newspaper from Indian personalities give Martel his right to express his views on the country. What does it mean to believe in (the Hindu God) Vishnu and Allah and Buddha and Jesus? Religion in India, for better or for worse, is still a mainstream thing, right? It’s worst in the extremism of (political parties) BJP and Shiv Sena and like that but then it’s also positive. Sometimes it gets a little exhausting,” he said, adding, “What India brought to me was that for first time I actually and seriously considered faith. “India is the best and the worst of humanity. Martel, 49, spent a year in India to write the novel which was first published by Knopf Canada. The Man Booker Prize winning novel has been adapted for the big screen by director Ang Lee featuring a star cast that includes leading Indian actor Irrfan Khan, actress Tabu and 17-year-old newcomer Suraj Sharma in the lead role.
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