No more a nomadic

So finally I know what my schedule is going to be tomorrow, what I am going to eat, where I am going to spend my time and whom I am going to meet. Yes, the nomadic life I have been living for last four months is finally over. At least for the time being.

Traveling is always enjoyable if you control your schedule, you know what is next and your mind is not preoccupied with hundred thoughts and trying to find out some illusive insight (does it exist?) amidst natural beauty of lush green forests or  scenic sylvan settings. We were on the mission to understand some piece of BoP market (Bottom of Pyramid market for the un-initiated.). And considering the number of places and meetings were packed in this tour there was very little scope for sight seeing, though we made good use of whatever time available after all the FGDs(Focus Group Discussions) and interviews. I could still manage to see Puri and Konark (thanks to Shrey) and get a glimpse of divine beauty of Munnar (will surely make a leisure trip to this place. It’s amazing).  I think after this four month long trip I know which places to visit if I have time.

In the four months we covered, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. And yes, these visits were not to the urban centers most of the time we were 100 kms away from the district headquarter meeting villagers, tribals, villagers trying to act like naxals and naxals trying to act like villagers. We could not visit a number of places as we were not allowed by our host organization; they could not ignore the risks of naxals in election time.

Now I am back. Back and too busy with report writing and analysis. The next couple of months are too much packed with professional commitments.

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