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Episode 4 / May 31, 2021 / 19 min

Part II - The Story of The Man Who Did Not Wish To Die

“There are no foreign lands, it is the traveler who is foreign.”

Episode 04

Part II - The Story of The Man Who Did Not W...

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The Story Beneath The Story

In this continuation of the mini-series, we revisit the Japanese fairytale by Yei Theodora Ozaki. The story follows Santaro, who is sent to a land of perpetual life, believing he has found Paradise. However, he quickly discovers that the inhabitants have become so accustomed to endless life.

We jump right back into the memory of my time in Indore, where my friends and I were trying to establish ourselves in the professional world. Just as the people on the island struggle with their desires, our initial struggles there focused on profound challenges like language and adapting to new, demanding environments.