JANASENA Posted July 18, 2015 Report Posted July 18, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFGUmQmVhB8
Maximus Posted July 19, 2015 Report Posted July 19, 2015 Imagine you live in a small town. And less than a mile away, there's another small town. They have good schools. Good jobs. Good doctors. It's just kind of generally pretty nice. Everyone in your town goes there all the time. The problem is there's this mountain in the way. And even though it's less than a mile between your town and the neighboring town, you gotta walk 45 miles to get around the mountain. So most people just try and go over. It's painful. And dangerous. One day, your wife is trying to get over the mountain, when she slips and falls. She's injured. It's not good. You realize this can't go on. So what do you do? You might try to secure a couple billion dollars in funding, then hire a bunch of contractors with backhoes, explosives, and one of those huge drilly things from the “Oceans Eleven" movies to blast a hole and lay down a sweet, shiny new highway. (That comes in seven years late and $500 million over budget.) The problem is, you live in a poor community in rural India. You don't have billions of dollars, and you definitely don't have access to powerful politicians who can loan you that kind of cash. You only have your own two hands. So how do you get a road through the mountain? You grab a hammer and a chisel. And start straight-up beasting your way through. (Boom.)
Maximus Posted July 19, 2015 Report Posted July 19, 2015 Which is exactly what Dashrath Manjhi did. Everyone said he was crazy. No one believed he could do it. But he did it. It took him 22 years, but he did it. Like a boss. That's some Andy Dufresne-level badassery. But, you know. Real life. Manjhi passed away in 2007, but his friends continue his work to this day. They're elderly, and some of them are ill, but they haven't given up trying to make his vision of a better life for his community come true. Their efforts might not be quite as ready-made for Hollywood. But they're just as important. And just as Manjhi wanted to uplift his community by building a road, his successors are trying to push even further forward by making sure the next generation has the tools they need to get better jobs, earn a good, independent living, and succeed in life. Particularly the ones who need it most. It's not a simple task, much like hammering a hole through a giant mountain. But every day, they make a little more progress. In this way, Dashrath Manjhi is not gone.
Maximus Posted July 19, 2015 Report Posted July 19, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=270&v=xAVUDKw4AIk
alpachinao Posted July 19, 2015 Report Posted July 19, 2015 Which is exactly what Dashrath Manjhi did. Everyone said he was crazy. No one believed he could do it. But he did it. It took him 22 years, but he did it. Like a boss. That's some Andy Dufresne-level badassery. But, you know. Real life.Manjhi passed away in 2007, but his friends continue his work to this day. They're elderly, and some of them are ill, but they haven't given up trying to make his vision of a better life for his community come true. Their efforts might not be quite as ready-made for Hollywood. But they're just as important. And just as Manjhi wanted to uplift his community by building a road, his successors are trying to push even further forward by making sure the next generation has the tools they need to get better jobs, earn a good, independent living, and succeed in life. Particularly the ones who need it most. It's not a simple task, much like hammering a hole through a giant mountain. But every day, they make a little more progress. In this way, Dashrath Manjhi is not gone. GP
k2s Posted July 19, 2015 Report Posted July 19, 2015 Which is exactly what Dashrath Manjhi did. Everyone said he was crazy. No one believed he could do it. But he did it. It took him 22 years, but he did it. Like a boss. That's some Andy Dufresne-level badassery. But, you know. Real life. Manjhi passed away in 2007, but his friends continue his work to this day. They're elderly, and some of them are ill, but they haven't given up trying to make his vision of a better life for his community come true. Their efforts might not be quite as ready-made for Hollywood. But they're just as important. And just as Manjhi wanted to uplift his community by building a road, his successors are trying to push even further forward by making sure the next generation has the tools they need to get better jobs, earn a good, independent living, and succeed in life. Particularly the ones who need it most. It's not a simple task, much like hammering a hole through a giant mountain. But every day, they make a little more progress. In this way, Dashrath Manjhi is not gone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=270&v=xAVUDKw4AIk :surprised-038:
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