I am inspired once again by the medium of movies, it just has so much of power within it. No matter the negatives look at the way it affects a person positively. We had a screening of the movie 'Chak De' at our campus in Symbiosis, Lavale today. 'Chak De' is the story of this hockey player 'Kabir Khan' who was unable to win the final match against Pakistan, in a penalty shootout, and how he was humiliated by being called a traitor to the nation. This Kabir Khan comes back to the world of hockey after 7 years 3 months and 14 days to coach the Indian Women's hockey team and takes them to a journey of a life time by training them to first play for the nation, then for the team & then for themselves. He defines team spirit in the true sense, it says that the more united you are as a team the more victorious you would be. Anyone watching the movie by default lifts his hand or would be heard screaming 'YES' when the final goal is being saved in the penalty shootout in the final match against Australia by the captain of the Indian Women's team - Vidya, and India wins the World cup against 6 time world cup champions Australia. The whole experience of watching this movie inspired me to be very active and sharp and keep reminding myself of the ultimate goal. He says in one of the dialogues: " Nobody can steal these 70 minutes (the duration of the hockey game) from you, take these 70 minutes given to you and play the best hockey you have ever played, Remember all those people who have not given you respect and steal these 70 minutes from all of those people and enjoy yourselves on the field'. Practically this is what we must do in our own lives. Live in the present, not in the past , not in the future. There will be 1001 distractions, but if one steals that time for himself, then noone can stop you from giving your best!!!
