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RANG-E-KHODA
Mohammad has been blind since birth. His world is composed of sounds and smells alone; he uses his hands to feel objects and faces in order to understand their contours. This is the way he ‘sees’ the world. He is particularly fond of feeling the wind, which he likes to try to capture in his hands. Mohammad has been attending a special school in Teheran for blind children where, with the aid of Braille, he has learned to read and write. After a year, Mohammad’s father comes to collect his son. Mohammad is looking forward to returning to his old village in the mountains where his grand-mother and his two sisters are eagerly awaiting him. Mohammad has no problems adjusting to the village school and is well able to keep up with all the other children. His father, however, is less than pleased – he would prefer Mohammad to start an apprenticeship with a blind carpenter. Grandmother doesn’t approve of this plan at all. Now that Mohammad is back with her again she is loathe to part with him. But then Mohammad’s father decides to remarry. Losing his patience entirely one day, he insists that Mohammad go and live with the carpenter. Furious and upset by this decision, Mohammad’s grandmother promptly packs her things and leaves the house – in spite of the terrible storm outside. The family is in danger of falling apart completely and Mohammad’s father is at a loss. That’s not what he wanted at all.
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