Today was the first day of our odyssey. We traveled across Maharashtra which seemed to take forever.
I had the chance to finally meet all 18 yatris in our group. We conducted a life-map activity with them. Some of the stories I heard from other facilitators are amazing. I learnt about a yatri from a very rural part of India, who is an entrepreneur. She recruited ten women from her village to sew petticoats from her home. Another participant spoke about her struggle being the first and only woman student in a serious sports academy cohort. Someone else mentioned how he lost the gold medal in IIT by 0.1 mark and he hated himself for it.
The average age of a participant is 23/24. A lot of them have followed the herd through school, college, job, etc. We have many,many, many engineers on this train. They are on this journey to discover themselves as much as the country. They are smart, confident, excited, eager, optimistic and young. Representing almost every corner of this vast nation.
The enegy level on this train is HIGH right now. Representing the energy level of the country, perhaps.
The question relevant for the yatra and for India is how do we harness and sustain this energy?
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