Healed by his beloved Olin : IIPM

Life’s little treasures in the womb of the deep blue sea
To send an invitation by rolling waves across the shore, for a rendezvous of sweethearts in the depths of water, had become a circadian for the Red Sea. From the shores of Maagana bay in Nuweiba(Egypt) emerged the love story of Abid’allah and Olin.

I jumped out of the time machine into the year 1996. As I walked on the sparkling crystals of sand with the waves kissing my feet, the cool breeze softly whistling in my ears carried with it words, disrupting my solitude. It was a film crew, which was here to make a documentary on Abid’allah, a fisherman who claimed that swimming with his beloved had improved his hearing and speech. ‘Olin’ was the first word that had slid from his mouth and therefore was the name given to the amiable cetacean, his playmate. The producer narrated the story of how Abid’allah, an excellent diver, who was deaf and dumb since early childhood, went diving and was approached by a Spotted dolphin, which had been swimming near the shores of Nuweiba. “Olin is gift of god”, said a proud villager, “she attracts tourists and brings in money!”


The conversations further informed me that Abid’allah had grown up playing with the dolphin, swimming through the clear warm waters. “Olin loves to be tickled on the tummy and rolls over to let you” chirped an excited voice amidst the gathering. A pleasing host, Olin always greets her visitors with ebullience by offering a ride in the tides. Abid’allah’s love for the aquatic wonder blessed him with self confidence and had bestowed on him the power to hear, as a token for his friendship. The dolphin’s inability to communicate with the humans conceals the mystery behind her choice to spend her life among human beings. And much similar is the mystery behind dolphins’ therapeutic powers. With the high levels of toxicity in our oceans, accidental deaths from trawley and even hunted for meat, the day will soon approach when people would realize that the cure for myriad physical disabilities would not require a doc but a dolphin, but by then the dolphins would be gone, the healing touch washed away…

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Source :- IIPM Editorial, 2006, Editor - Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri

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