Spotting a lady building construction worker with her child hanging from a sling on her body somewhere in West Bengal or Karnataka or Punjab, stopping by, interacting with her through verbal and non-verbal communication, understanding her compulsions, hearing her language, getting to know more about her life, etc, etc is what makes driving immensely interesting for me, Deep Banerjee, Founder of Indian Roadie and the associated forums.
For me, road trips are not just about travelling from Place A to Place B and driving like a zombie at night or day at 80 or 140 or 150 kms per hour. For me, irrespective of how often I have driven on a road/ route, every kilometre is interesting for me. Road trips for me are just not about crunching kilometres on the odometer.
In a huge country like India with diverse culture and socio-economic demographics and psychographics, every kilometre of India can be interesting and a learning process provided one has the propensity and intellect to spot those. The lady in the picture lives to work evolve enjoy life.
This is her profession. She too laughs, cries, dreams of a better tomorrow. Irrespective of my presence, life must go on for her.
For a matured roadie of the likes in IndianRoadie (and associated forums), road trips are not just about driving 500 kms or 2500 kms to watch the rising or setting sun, to watch the snow capped peaks of mountains or shifting dunes of the desert or whatever. Groove your child, spouse, partner, co-passengers to learn and appreciate these.
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