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Tale of changing shades

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If I have to draw my ‘Life-line’, 23rd December, 2018 would definitely be a turning point. It was the day I entered a whole new world called ‘Jagriti Yatra’. Back then, I had been chosen as a ‘Facilitator’ and on 23rd there was a Facilitators' Workshop. To reflect back, for me it was a day full of excitement, nervousness, learning, unlearning and networking. 2018 Yatra was full of learnings and exploration. It was Yatra which helped me step out of my comfort zone, helped me drop my biases and open up to new thoughts, ideas and people. It was the first time I was travelling across India (without my family), that too with 500+ strangers, where a moving train was about to become my home for 15-days. I came back energised, hopeful and with ‘Yatra High’. ‘Yatra High’ is a term for a void you feel after being separated from Yatris, Yatra, the whole programme and your train. It becomes physically, mentally, emotionally difficult to adjust & get back to ‘normal’ life post yatra. You mi...
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It was day one for us!

First things first – it was the very first time in my life that I travelled alone without any elder person of my family. Pratik, my younger brother accompanied me in Mumbai. So basically he was here for two reasons – be there by my side, since I was unwell & on medication and of course to carry my “luggage” (That is what kid brothers are for ;))!!! So where was I heading?? I was heading to attend “Facilitators’ Workshop” at “Tata Institute of Social Sciences (The famous “TISS”). Pratik came to drop me there as well. (So much of cocooning) I had all these mixed feelings – excited, energetic, anxious, nervous, clueless – everything at once. It was 23 rd December, 2018 and I reached TISS at 8.00 AM sharp. All I could see the boards and posters welcoming us at “Jagriti Yatra 2018-19”. As I went inside, I realised that I was one of the early birds there. We were made to sit in a big conference room. The overall things going around there only increased the degree of the “mixe...
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