Life and learning (Gujarat Diaries)
(Here's a little drawing from one of the conference sessions. The motif on the top left was part of a pattern on someone's outfit and the one at the bottom right is my new friend from Gujarat!) Okay, we're back after a week's break and I do have a reasonable explanation for my absence. I went on a solo trip. Even saying those words feels surreal to me because, although I have always imagined travelling alone to another place and living there, I certainly did not think I would be able to cross that off my list this year. Not even in my wildest dreams and certainly not in the way it happened. However, the trip felt like a familiar place in my mind, even though I was in a different state altogether. From connecting with the loveliest people to staying by myself and visiting places, Gujarat was nothing short of nostalgic new things. All the people I met weren't new faces but old ones that I simply hadn't encountered yet. While we learnt so much over the...
