My Journey to dicover Poverty: I – Satara
My journey to discover Poverty led me to a town Satara in the interiors of Maharashtra – a 4 hour journey from Mumbai. I was trying to find a village in the interiors of Maharashtra, where i could see distinct poverty for myself. I have a home in Pune, so i took a pit-stop in Pune and then went on with my drive to Satara with my pup “Spicy Congo”.
Satara is also the resident of the remaining descendants of Shivaji – the thirteenth one. May be that’s why my interest got peaked in Satara, as i was trying to find the essence of the great warrior somewhere around in the town.
Spicy loves the countryside, maybe she was meant to be brought up in the jungle with a lot of open space, trees, mountains and grass plateaus. I saw her hopping around in joy as soon as she was let out in the open.
Satara now had become a bustling town with colleges, markets, fancy cars and homes of the urban class. I took a short spin and could see very little traces of Shivaji left. The town was fully commercialized with a bargain for anyone who has the dough. I moved a bit away from the town hub into the farms and i could see farmers ploughing their field.
Looks like i would have to travel further into the interiors of Maharashtra to discover Poverty, as i could hardly see anything out there (I have seen more poverty in Mumbai than in Satara)
Caution: This might be all theory
Tags: Common Man Of India, India, Mumbai, Poverty, Pune, Satara
December 17, 2010 at 10:24 am |
[...] My journey to discovering poverty this time is taking me further into the interiors of two states – Maharashtra and Karnataka. I would be visiting many cities – Mumbai (Starting Point), Pune, Satara, Kolhapur, Bhadra, Dharwad, GOA & Bangalore (Destination). Its 2000 km to and fro.Its sort of a mixed trip where i would be also intersecting with my friends, mentors and possibly a lot of rich people too. This journey will allow me to touch poverty, gasp the state of infrastructure in the states and also prepare me for my next trip which should be in the most remote areas of India. My last trip to Satara to find poverty surprised me as Satara had become quite a developed town similar to Pune (http://loveandfearless.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/my-journey-to-dicover-poverty-i-satara/). [...]
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