Hello Andhra!
I've been traveling most of today. If you're following me on Twitter,
you're probably already aware of the fact that the travel was anything
but perfect. I'll spare you the cribbing. I was well aware before I
left Pune that a genuine experience in South India wouldn't be
complete without a dash of crappy travel. But, I've made it here safe
and sound and I'm thankful.
I don't have much to say today. Most of it has been travel as I said.
And it's not that I've been blah today. I've been anything but blah.
I've just thought.
I honestly had not even thought about Pune for even a moment in the
last few days until today. But when I did, I imagined how my life
would be different when I got back. Whether all I've seen and
experienced in this world would somehow alter the way I react and
interact with my world. I really don't know the answer to that yet. I
just know I feel different. I feel like in some ways I've tapped into
an inner reserve of emotion that I used to have when I was younger and
lost.
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Tomorrow we head out to Vengampalli. It's a tiny little village with a
population of about six hundred. Poverty is rampant. Unlike
Siddeshwara and the Bangalore slums, Vengampalli is homogeneously
poor. It is practically untouched by the development of urban India.
This is true rural India.
May I do it justice.