Vision of Life; by Sanjay: Wild Life Film Festival, City & CREDAI!

“A concrete city creates concrete-people! But what the humanity needs is flower-people, cloud-people, stream-people, butterfly-people, and forest-people!”... Mehmet Murat ildan.

Mehmet Murat ildan’s , Contemporary Turkish playwright, novelist and thinker; as well writer of a play, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi! And who else can write about humanity than the person who can write a play on father of humanity i.e. Mahatma Gandhi! And why I remembered Mehmet’s words is because of a recent event in our Pune! That way Pune is lucky on the front of art & culture which is very much backbone of the city rather the backbone of the city as only those cities have flourished over the time which has kept the art & culture alive & space for the same to row. Yes, this space factor is very much important for art & culture as here space doesn’t meant FSI type i.e. actual physical space but it’s in the minds of the citizens! There should be citizens who can perform or work on art & then there should be citizens eager to acknowledge it & then there should be citizens who should be supporting the first two categories by finance as well physical support as then only the culture will grow strong in the city! And fortunately in Pune all the three categories are there in the form of citizens, needless to say Pune is Cultural Capitol of Maharashtra State! Please note all real estate fellow friends, this is very much important aspect of the city as here people feel comfortable & secured as the culture of the city is so & that’s why more & more people wants to settle here which needless to say are clients of the real estate in simple words flat buyers!

Now those who must be wondering what the reference of this start is, let me tell you nature & environment is inseparable part of art & culture which comes to meet us in many forms via the artists which are nature lovers or nature explorers! There are millions of wonders in the nature & not all persons are fortunate to witness these wonders. Most of us has some time or other watched Animal Planet or Discovery Channels & got awe by the picturization of the wild life which is inherent part of the nature. But many a time we might have observed, these films are from the forests out of India (i.e. Africa, Brazil) & we may not connect with these forests easily as we don’t get to see that kind of terrain around ever. Despite having most diversified wild life yet in our country wild life photography is still for the privileged few (read financially well placed) & rarely one can afford it as a passion or make earning out of it! Rather from Leh-Ladakh’s sub zero temperature to mercury rising to 50 degrees centigrade in Run of Kutch to ever green forests of Eastern States (Nagaland, Arunachal) to Rain clad Western Ghats & then how we can forget the grass lands of Central India i.e. Kanha Tiger Park, with such a diversity of nature indeed our country is dream land for wild lifers! We are the only country where Tiger’s & Lions co exists though not in one forest but as country! Yes there are names like Bhedi Brothers, Nalla Muthu & Kiran Ghadge who are trying their best to capture this treasure of wild life in the cameras in the film form as not many Indians are aware about their wealth of nature & then if aware then also only a few can afford to visit all these wild life places! So, if someone doesn’t knows about what he or she possess in the first place, then how we are going to make them aware about the conservation of such forests as India on the other hand being the second largest populated country (Not very far behind China) & this population is the biggest threat to our wild life wealth! The ever increasing need of this 120 plus crore people makes us encroach on every forest, lake, mountain; grass land even oceans are not spared by humans! And all these issues unless the common man knows about how we can expect him to do something on his own & what better medium than the films to give people feel of the wilderness & as well the way we only destructing this our very own wealth! This is the reason why the wild life film festival held in Pune by Anuj Khare of Nature Walk in association with forest dept of Maharashtra was a significant mile stone in wild life conservation, which too is very much part of city’s culture!

Well, now one will ask what’s CREDAI’s (Developers association) role in this wild life film festival? Is it not the builders who are playing main role in destruction of nature by their rampant concrete jungles? Indeed when the great wild life film maker Nalla Muthu stood to share his experience while making the film on legendary tigress Machali from Ranthambore, most eyes were surprised by the sight of big banner displayed on the back-drop with a tiger’s image on it (incidentally clicked by me) & the logo of CREDAI Pune on the banner! This association of wild life lovers & CREDAI is what made the film festival more interesting as out of all the films screened in the festival barring a few, most films displayed the importance of role of the locals (native people residing in & around any wild life habitat) in conservation of certain specie or piece of forest. As its need or greed in most cases of the people which as I have said earlier has become greatest threat to the wild life in our country & unless we don’t make these natives understand their role in conservation & make them control their greed as well fulfill their needs by other means, the wild life’s’ future is dark! Now if this is true then what about conserving the wild life i.e. biodiversity in & around our Pune city, whose responsibility it is then? Its responsibility of ever citizens of this city to conserve the birds, butterflies, trees, flowers, rivers, hills & even insects in this city & builders (members of CREDAI) too are citizens of this city only! So its obvious that if we want the city green along with chirping of birds around then it’s the builders who has to get aware that while building homes for the citizens they have to protect others species homes too & that’s why first step was to get associated with the people who are trying their every bit to conserve wild life via this film festival! At the same time Pune is well known for its awareness for wild life conservation as of late more & more people especially younger generation is exploring various parts of the country for knowing about our wild life wealth & even the Pune district has rich heritage of many species around the city. Visit any national park of the country & people from Pune you will find there & the locals from these places does respects Punekars for the enthusiasm as well awareness of Punekars towards wild life, is my personal experience. And it’s this generation which is future client of real estate & I am not hiding this commercial aspect of CREDAI being associated with wild life conservation as nothing wrong I feel about it. If a company (read builder) can sponsor a Derby Race of horses or making some Bollywood Star our brand ambassador to promote his project then why not support wild life conservation movement by making wild life conservation as our USP? Remember any conservation action should be sustainable too & that needs money for various activities & it’s the money you spent for is what makes people know what you are really! If real estate is spending money for wild life conservation movement & getting aware about their role in this movement the I will say that’s best outcome of the film festival, which is a starting step in itself! And then all such events like the wild life film festival are very much part of our city’s culture too, so who else than the builders of the city should contribute for it?

At the same time lest not forget who are the clients of the CREDAI members; nobody else but all those who are citizens of this city & they only have come to watch the films screened at wild life film festival. For them also it’s not sufficient just to watch the splendidly shot movies & got awe & thanks CREDAI for supporting the film festival! No sir, your job is not done as I always mention if you have some good builder available equipped with technical knowledge & giving value for your money then do mind the poor sparrows, mainas, bulbuls or butterflies of this city don’t have any such CREDAI member builder at their service. It’s you & me who are their home builders, so while you book you home just the way you are choosy & specific about having all good & modern amenities for your home, do ask to your builder what he or his company has done for wild life conservation in or around city? I think then only you have right to call yourself a responsible Puneakar citizen & then I will say yes CREDAI’s participation in wild life film festival has paid off! At least the builder should be a CREDAI member as just the way not every individual can go in forest & do something individually for wild life but even by becoming aware he or she can contribute for the conservation. In same way it may not be possible for every builder to actually do something for wild life but he is part of CREDAI which is working in hands with people like Nature Walk & Forest dept is in itself is a start! And then you can always guide your builder what his company can do even individually also for wild life conservation but need is first you understand your role in it! As there only lies the chance of every other specie than human being to survive or else all we will be left with, we the humans & our concrete jungle which will have got life but of no value! But looking at the banner of wild life festival & name of CREDAI on it, I felt all is not lost yet & yes there is hope! And what more as a wild life lover I could have expected but keeping Hope for Wild Life Conservation alive!

Sanjay Deshpande

Sanjeevani Dev.

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