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...