Life is an infinite journey filled with experiences and incidents, joys and sorrows, ups and downs; but these six weeks of Explorers Fellowship by IIT Gandhinagar turned out to be a journey that seemed like a parallel universe in itself for us. Away from all the nuances of the daily monotonous routines we took on the path with unmatchable excitement. Our coloured faces almost highlighted in the crowds of India. Setting flags from west to east and the southern-most tip of Kanyakumari to a mighty 14,000 feet in the Himalayas in mere 45 days has been an achievement in every sense for us. An almost 360° loop of India that spanned more than 10k kilometres, 12 states and 3 union territories comprising of innumerable stories and experiences that we may never regret.
With a theme to find the unexplored and unknown talents hidden in the meadows of our homeland just invigorated our experience and opened our minds to innumerable possibilities that lie in India itself. As we ticked off various locations, our treasure chest of memories and stories just kept growing exponentially and also made us realise how strong we were as we took each setback like just another speed-breaker and at no point seemed like in trouble inspite of some very interesting events we were part of.
The calm waters of Goa, Alleppey and Kanyakumari; the not-so-calm streets of Bombay and Kolkata; the agonizingly adrenaline filled mountains of Darjeeling, Gangtok and Shimla; the delicious eateries of Pondicherry and Indore; the traditional touch of Rajasthan and Assam; the ecological beauty of Dandeli; and last but not the least, the asthma-filled ecosystem of Delhi and Delhi-NCR were some of the mentionables through this adventure that made for this wonderful little time for the P.A.R.K. aka Pranav, Anand, Rohan and Krutarth.
