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Journey of a lifetime : From Godavari to Kosi

A journey begins with an idea. Idea is to reach somewhere, do something, meet someone. It begins in a vacuum but takes shape based upon the potency of idea. Journey, in other words is  the sum total of travel undertaken by a living being to fulfill a purpose/promise.  Since, time immemorial, humans have been great travellers. It is no coincidence that some of the  great Indian thinkers e.g. Swami Vivekananda, Gandhijee, Tagore, Nehru, Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan,were great travellers. They institutionalized their ideas through travelling inside India as well as on foreign shores. Imagine,Swami Vivekananda sitting several months in cramped and slow-moving Ships to reach Chicago to deliver “my dear brothers and sisters” philosophy.Now, Jet Airways can help you in eating breakfast in Mumbai and having dinner in Chicago on the same day.Isn’t this wonderful. But, hold your breath for now, sitting /sleeping comfortably in Business Class and inhaling purified a...