Self-exploration

I am obsessed with exploring different villages these days. Because it is the best source of cultural history , authentic conversations and meaningful discussions. Also, I really love talking to random people , knowing about their stories , learning from their experiences and sharing my experiences too. So, Day before yesterday I was sitting in my room and was wondering to step out of my house. As it's been long I haven't visited anywhere. After a long self talk one question popped up in my mind. That - " What can be a better option than a village? I will get the most authentic experience there." I randomly googled nearest villages from my place. Then I chose a village namely, Naraina.  (No specific reason behind it). This time I donned the way they do. So, that the respective villagers are comfortable to talk with me and I don't look foreign to them. A better communication is possible this way as feeling of belongingness is there. Well, I traveled via a bus.  (I ...

  One day I was reading an article which mentioned that if you want to know the ground reality or a glimpse of India visit a village.  I thought, what a utopian sentence it is. That’s not at all true!   But as soon as I visited a village my perspective changed.   A few months back, I visited my grandma's home to spend a week over there and experience a life other than my monotonous eat, sleep, study, repeat one. Also to experience the ground reality.   As soon as I reached her place …. I observed that everything happened on a fixed time, the life was quite disciplined there.   All the women of the house used to wake up around four o'clock in the morning. Then they used to visit a nearby handpump and get drinking water for the entire day (after waiting in a long line). Then they came back finished the daily chores, prepared meals for their husbands and kids. Then packed some food for their husbands. After that, they cleaned the buffaloes and collected some m...