My aspiration lately is to develop a self sustaining community in the hills of India. I can say this feeling did not strike me like a jolt of lighting neither it is an impulsive decision. But it certainly was one of the impulses that had been hibernating in my subconscious mind for long time. I was certainly moved by the endless mountains and landscape of Ladhak and my dream of riding through the serene yet untamed mountains standing at 14000 feet and above have become much stronger. As soon as I read a blog on road trip to Ladhak I knew this was one of the place is wanted to be.
In fact I could not believe the bike trip that I did with Brijesh and amit completing 2300 kms would be life changing in many ways. It was the most amazing experience of my life. It also made me realize that I could do things alone and also had the determination to step out and try the unimaginable.
That’s when I knew my next stop is the north of India where the monks, the stupas, the valleys and the villages were calling me. But unfortunately it remains an incomplete journey. But we in a very clichéd way keep mentioning that every thing happens for the good might turn out to be the biggest truth of my life. I never thought I could step out of the comfort zone I was dwelling in and even think about starting a life for myself. I can hear the song “There aint no mountain high enough, valley low enough river wide enough to keep me from getting to you” constantly buzzing around my ears. The song just might help me put some action into my thoughts.
Can you beat anything more beautiful than this?
Now my plan seems clear. Thanks to Sachi’s encounter with SIDH put thing into perspective at the right time. It fitted in like the Japanese quality initiative of Just in Time. I just thought about a collaborative model of SIDH and Himalayan Village. These I can clearly say are the two inspirations that I will take and form my own community of self sustenance.
My plan is to get 4-5 people who like minded thoughts and generate corpus that would enable us to build the place that I dream of. The concrete plan is to have 5-6 two bed room cottages and also dormitory which can accommodate 10-12 people. This section of the place caters to tourist and not just tourist but people who admire and respect the creation of nature. Also have a store which could sell handicrafts and other goods manufactured by the localities providing them source of income. Also have a school and activity center to educate or at least make the locals literate to get a better understanding of life. Also have a place for organic farming which I feel is the need to be addressed with growing concerns about weather and depletion of clean environment. One of the important things would be is to use renewable source of energy like solar panels and sewage water treatment. I guess this what I dream of at very superficial level.
“Ab jo hoga manzoore khuda hoga”.
In fact I could not believe the bike trip that I did with Brijesh and amit completing 2300 kms would be life changing in many ways. It was the most amazing experience of my life. It also made me realize that I could do things alone and also had the determination to step out and try the unimaginable.
That’s when I knew my next stop is the north of India where the monks, the stupas, the valleys and the villages were calling me. But unfortunately it remains an incomplete journey. But we in a very clichéd way keep mentioning that every thing happens for the good might turn out to be the biggest truth of my life. I never thought I could step out of the comfort zone I was dwelling in and even think about starting a life for myself. I can hear the song “There aint no mountain high enough, valley low enough river wide enough to keep me from getting to you” constantly buzzing around my ears. The song just might help me put some action into my thoughts.
Now my plan seems clear. Thanks to Sachi’s encounter with SIDH put thing into perspective at the right time. It fitted in like the Japanese quality initiative of Just in Time. I just thought about a collaborative model of SIDH and Himalayan Village. These I can clearly say are the two inspirations that I will take and form my own community of self sustenance.
My plan is to get 4-5 people who like minded thoughts and generate corpus that would enable us to build the place that I dream of. The concrete plan is to have 5-6 two bed room cottages and also dormitory which can accommodate 10-12 people. This section of the place caters to tourist and not just tourist but people who admire and respect the creation of nature. Also have a store which could sell handicrafts and other goods manufactured by the localities providing them source of income. Also have a school and activity center to educate or at least make the locals literate to get a better understanding of life. Also have a place for organic farming which I feel is the need to be addressed with growing concerns about weather and depletion of clean environment. One of the important things would be is to use renewable source of energy like solar panels and sewage water treatment. I guess this what I dream of at very superficial level.
“Ab jo hoga manzoore khuda hoga”.
Labels: Aint no Mountain high enough
posted by freakonleash at 2:21 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home