Well thinking
it just as a traverse or adventure, I never thought that choosing this course
will turn out to be more beautiful than I thought. If you are a green
traveller, then surely recommended but; if not, then must recommended. Well
why? Because this brings the best out of your advertence, endurance and
exploration in the most beautiful way. And all thanks to Professor Anil Gupta
and Professor Navdeep Mathur from IIM Ahmedabad.
We visited many
villages and every village brought it’s own unique speciality; whether in terms
of food or beauty or livelihood. We visited the first village named as
Bhanjararu also known as “colony” among local people, which had all the modern
facilities such as college, hospital etc. In terms of forest beauty, Illwasa
has no competition. The lusty green and tall trees along the road made the
journey more memorable. The meadow in between the forest was the perfect place
to rest your body and mind. Then we visited the “Home of Royal Apples”
Puguthulla and that day I realised what does fresh apples really tastes like.
Well hard to
imagine, but one of the village of Churah Valley i.e. Bairagarh is famous for its
senior secondary school and interaction with the students there was itself like
huge learning experience and students from nearby villages travelled miles to
the school for learning.
Well it was
embarrassing and overwhelming too when I saw the hospitality of people in
Bhunderi. Old man in 80s offering apple to each one of us without taking
anything in return is rare a rare occurrence on this earth. However, this can
be seen in every person of this valley which makes this place even more
beautiful.
Those welcoming
smiles and the food in Mangali was flabbergasted. Some of them, which I remember was Babaru with potato veggies, chook
(Pickle made from chillies), local kadhi, Makke
ki roti (Corn flour chapatti) and guess what a vegetable preparation from Bichoo booti (a herb in which itching
persists if you touch it).
All this was
summed up by the scenic beauty of Mangali which was full of the soothing sound
of waterfalls and brought serenity in the eyes when I looked over the
mountains.
Experience it
and you will feel more beyond what you read!
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