Well this one is my favourite dream and perhaps a lifetime one that I really yearn to do.
A long trip through unconventional and unknown places across the length and breadth of India. Perhaps spanning a year or two. A trip not merely for pleasure but with the intention of unhurriedly savouring the journey, making some kind of contribution (like even knowledge/awareness/technology -yet to be strategised) to every place visited, soaking in various cultures, preferably negotiated by rail and local means of commutation, and eventually at the end of it culminating in a grand vision to do something at the national level.
An incidental outcome of course would be a book (consolidating the everyday journals) :-) Publishers please note, bookings open from Dec 2007 :-)
Great leaders like Sri. Sankaracharya, Swami Vivekananda et al had made these India trips in their lifetimes. Even business leaders like Gurcharan Das have done it before they became cheerleaders for India Inc. In fact, I discovered that Israelis religiously take up year long India trips and know much more about our nation than we do! There's so much to learn from this great country with its vast spiritual heritage and I am certainly inspired to do this.
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Wow! After reading this post, even I am getting the same feeling. Take a trip around India and see unknown places and meet unknown people. I still regret for not visiting many great places in India.
All the best for your year long journey. People do it after retirement. You wish to do it now. What a fantastic idea. LAKSHMANG
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