I can say I just shortened up my trip to Mumbai and I definitely don’t regret it. Right from leaving from Ahmedabad and coming back every situation, every moment, every person I interacted with or I came across was so inspiring. It was all so special to me that if I write down I am sure I will be writing each and every second that I had felt had so much life in it. I thought to share some of the moving incidents with everyone.
Starting with what all we did there in jist I would share my experiences as and when time permits me.
Location
Village: Palasar
Taluka: Chanasma
District: Patan
State: Gujarat
5 Yuva Unstoppable members from Baroda, Ahmedabad and Khedbrahma along with 15 volunteers from England went to a village near Mehsana called Patan for a 4 day service vacation. 2500 dancing and singing villagers welcomed us as we drove up in Nandini; the name of the bus had organized. Nandini is a project of Manav Sadhna. All of us were assigned to stay with one of the villager. They were low in pocket but high in love. We toiled hard for close to 14 hours a day but it seemed to fly by.
Day 1
We left early morning from Ahmedabad towards our destination visiting a few monuments which came over away. One of them The Sun Temple at Modhera which is famous for its architecture and the use of Science and Technology in the earlier centuries. It is a temple which is was universal brotherhood and not for any particular religion. Then we also visited Rani ki Vav(Step-well where the queen used to come to bathe! :P)
The best memorable moment of the whole trip was the Grand Grand Grand welcome we got when we reached the village. I just can’t forget that moment.
From the van I saw, the whole village 3000 people men, women and children all of them gathered in the centre place of the village “the chowk” welcoming us clapping, smiling, and shouting as if some celebrities turned up at their homes. I was like Wow Man! This is terrific! Unbelievable….!!!!! When we came out of the van small girls did a “tilak” on our foreheads welcoming us which was followed by a dance and a speech by an oldie named “Pashakaka” welcoming us. Imagine 3000 people...folks!!!
Concept: In order to develop bonds of friendship and brotherhood a relationship with the villagers. We dint stay in our van but we lived with at the houses of the villagers. Each one of us allotted one family of the village with whom we had to live, eat, drink and share ourselves in their work too.
For the first time in my life I was sleeping in the streets on a cot “Khatiya” under a streetlight. I thought initially would I be able to sleep here in open properly because I don’t remember when I slept without an air condition. But to my surprise I slept the way I had never before, a dreamless sleep.. Kind of sleep I wanted from years…No Dreams et all. So peaceful!
Next day morning...
Continued.......
