Country of Blind

synopsis

Adapted from H.G. Wells "The Country of the Blind." The story, set in the 18th century in the Himalayas, is about a mountaineer named Abhimanyu who while guiding a group of European mountaineers up an unconquered mountain, slips from a cliff and falls a thousand feet down. He is considered dead by the group but he survives and lands in a strange valley, a place where all the inhabitants have been blind for generations and they do not have any idea about vision. In the country of blind, a man with eyes with a belief of superiority fails to prove his mettle and is considered disabled. The story touches many socio-economic issues through the journey of Abhimanyu in a symbolic manner.