Travelling is Healing
Travelling is Healing: A Journey Through Places and Emotions There’s something magical about travel—it doesn’t just take us to new places, it takes us deeper within ourselves. This isn’t just a story of trains, taxis, temples, or mountains. It’s about the quiet transformation that happens when a young girl begins to discover the world—and herself—one journey at a time. A Village That Felt Like Home As a child, the thought of traveling to my maternal village in Uttarakhand filled me with excitement. The village was small but enchanting, surrounded by nature and filled with genuine, warm-hearted people. It wasn’t far—just a 15-minute drive followed by a 30-minute walk through the hills. Though the trek was exhausting, the joy of reaching my Nani’s house—where my grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins waited—always gave me the energy to walk faster than even my mother. We visited often, and each time my mother carried sweets, cookies, jaggery, and fruits for our relatives. Our vacations...