Dvir Itzhaki

The Other Shore: a Journey into India Dvir Itzhaki

"The Other Shore" is the real story of Dvir, who was brought up in western culture and on April of 1988 traveled to India, determined not to come back the same man. The young man finds himself in a forgotten world of simplicity and slow pace, where the only vehicle to take him through life is trust. He studies with the illustrious Dagar family, who had preserved the sacred music of India for 20 generations. In his search he encounters Vivek Muni, a young and unusual sage, and feels drawn to him by a mysterious force. The young sage takes him in as his adopted son on a journey to the mysterious world of the Indian seers and mystics. Dvir learns to speak the Hindi language fluently, and starts to move in India almost unrecognized as a foreigner. All along the way, Dvir's inner world is shaken apart, as he struggles to find that "real thing" which he came to look for. When the clock shows that he has spent three years and three months in India, he feels it is time to go back home. The "deep plunge" he took into India made in him a bridge between the western and eastern cultures. He returns with a new spirit.