Gramya Manthan 2015 in Glimpses.

Contributor: YA Team

24 participants taking the plunge for a rural expedition they knew little about. Some thought it is about rural development as they believed it to be most critical while others connected with the idea of inner transformation. 

In the structure of the journey, we realized that it is not about delivering anything either to the participants or to the people in the villages. The idea is to initiate a process where a facilitated space of self-analysis, realization of one’s soul, cross learning from diverse thoughts and our role as communizens can be identified and ascertained, to empower ourselves to live a life we always intended. From ideas to expressions, thought to theories, it wouldn’t be made possible without the gifts each one of you brought into the circle.

The nine days journey did not end, but it just began and we still hold energies that bind us together. 

We're infinitely indebted with gratitude for each one of you! Hope our love and admiration seeps through optical fibre and transmits into your heart and a common thread binds us all.

While we walked together, each has one's own path.

Holding Space is such an important part of accepting what is.

Trust Fall on Day 1.

Learning to hold each other on the path of exploration.

Welcoming the Villagers in our lives and humbly being a part of theirs.

Serving Food with Love.

During the hottest times of the year, treading our struggle to know ourselves, a bit more.

Shuchi teaching the children and learning from them.

In a striking parallel with the movie itself, we together saw Swades in Palia Village. 

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Those circles.

Those Early Morning Circles.

Those late night circles.

अंतः अस्ति प्रारंभः

Changing the world, one piece at a time.

Read more reflections on Gramya Manthan here.