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Kashedi –The green hill experience
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Before the break of dawn, we Agnelites take off with our haversacks to a destination
we know very little about. One motive, to ensure some quality picnic fun. Little
did we know that this journey would bless us with a bountiful of knowledge & experience
and a wealth of wakefulness, openness & calmness.
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Take a trip through our experience. It takes approximately 8 hours to reach this
destination away from our concrete jungles. The ride is pretty scenic as one winds
through the ghats on the smooth concrete road. We park on this high altitude to
be greeted by our Mentor Mr. Bhide at Kashedi. From here on we seek and learn on
our fresh learning canvas.
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Our opening sessions lead us into discovering our own minds as we experiment on
math quiz, learning and knowing, introspecting and connecting to our inner being
to find direction, working our grey cells to know what we are and answering the
wildest brainy questions. All of this learning dialogue takes place not in a classroom
but out in the open with nature’s tall green trees and chirping birds who give us
soulful company.
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We discover simple ways in which one could generate and conserve electricity, we
also read up on the effects of global warming and of other worse events that constantly
injure our planet.
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All this comes with truckloads of entertainment as we are part of Kashedi’s traditions.
Dancing and singing with the folk’s young and old as we try our best to match up
to their well synchronized moves.
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Once there, we are one with nature, learning practically, trekking up the hill to
take a good look at the twinkling stars which go invisible in our polluted cities,
locating constellations and planets in the pitch black skies with lit decorative
stars, as we lay down calmly gazing and truly experiencing the magnificence of nature.
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We also brainstorm and learn about opportunities in rural market, hurdles faced,
difficulties encountered while marketing in rural areas.
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We practice forest fire-fighting, and enjoy the late night insights over the warm
bonfire, it indeed is an adventurous learning experience. Learning to swim and float
is a part of this course. All of this and much more is what we take as we remember
this amazing 3 day tour.
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The best part of the course is the fact that the mountain was once barren land and
a bunch of well read intellectual friends thought of converting the hill into a
forest adding to the greenery that would parent a number of beings. And this green
Kashedi is how beautifully they accomplished this self less dream. This commitment
and daring zeal is what touched and ignited in us a spark inextinguishable
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