Shri. Arjun Krishna Menon, son of K. Unnikrishnan Menon, Programme Executive, NABM (All India Radio & Doordarshan), Delhi share his experience of an adventurous journey to the Northeast and can be a motivation for those interested in a travel to the place. Arjun is an analyst with the American Express and works in Delhi.
Once upon a time in the most polluted city of the planet, a young man dreamt of a journey into the wilderness to seek an escape from the daily routine dominated by computers and expectations of the society. Below is a narration of what not to do on such a dream journey.
I do not intend to throw in phrases of how the characters explored their inner self, but you may find some cheesy lines for which I would like to call bail at this point. But this was one odyssey with few points of epiphanies and I intend to narrate the same for any explorer or a commoner who wishes to traverse through the North east India.
Planning – The 50%
Three months back, I was joking about how we were going to lose one of our friend, Emil to marriage. As part of this joke we addressed the possibilities of going on a bachelor’s trip. Though we were not too keen on the whole concept formulated by the society, we did not have a reason why not to travel. What kind of moron doesn’t like to travel, right? Especially because we were all good friends in school and we did not have an opportunity to live that life after we completed our respective field of education. A few days passed and our dear friend, Aby who is a now a doctor by profession calls me up and seriously proposes to plan a trip. So as our manners have taught us, I act genuinely passionate and willing, thinking I will draw back at some later stage. But as days went by, I thought more about my days in school. I was a sucker for studies and had a dark childhood on that front. These little people were my only hope for fun. Emil would play an important character in my life even though we didn’t talk much after school. Emil is the guy who dared to do things no other guy would do in the group. I did look up to him while in school. Grades did not matter much to him more than knowledge. He wanted to be an IAS officer, but at some point life made him a doctor. No doubt this guy would do an excellent job at being a doctor. Emil at such nascent stage, showed me without even him realizing that life is greater than grades and society. He taught by being an example that Hope and Perseverance must be upheld while not forgetting to have fun. This was against our orthodox schools and parent’s ideology..............
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