The Adjustment Bureau

'The Adjustment Bureau' is one amongst hundreds of movies churned out by hollywood each year. With almost two hours of rolling in length, the film was directed by George Nolfi and stars Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Anthony Mackie, Terence Stamp and John Slattery. Although the film was officially themed around 'romance, scientific and fantasy, what struck and captivated me most was its relevance to the Bhutanese buddhist paradox of fate (TSHE NGON GI LAY).

Bhutanese people assign responsibility to 'TSHE NGON GI LAY' for almost everything.  Have an ugly and nagging wife- you call it a fate or TSHE NGON GI LAY even though you have thousands to choose from. Flunk exam- you call it a fate or TSHE NGON GI LAY even though you have a year's time to prepare for it. Go bankrupt- you call it a fate or TSHE NGON GI LAY even though you have so lousily strategized your business. And yes if you do well in life, that's TSHE NGON GI LAY too.

The manner in which David Norris (Matt Damon) struggles to overcome enormous hurdles put forth by mysterious men to meet Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt) was simply mind boggling. To me, David found his destiny in Elise and nothing mattered to him thereafter, not even the highly proclaimed seat of the U.S Senate. He goes on to find his destiny and finds it eventually. And that is where and how David creates his own fate.

"It is not the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves"- William Shakespeare