July 5:
It was my first time travelling in a plane. I was a bit nervous, but it all worked out in the end. Matter of fact, I picked up the wrong bag at the luggage belt. I was alone in a hotel room for the first time. Tabish treated me in a fancy cafe. It was my first time visiting one. Felt out of place, given it was a new experience.
July 6:
I met all my other indian fellows in the VYK. It was awkward at the first, but I was prepared to step out of the comfort zone. We talked to Arbeena about many random things and got to know eachother in the group. The first night in delhi with others, was so fun. we played UNO and talked the whole night.
July 7:
It was time we meet the foreign students. We were practicing our welcome dances since yesterday. We were 80% set to deliver the act. I was quick and fluent at introducing me to them. This was the moment where my true learning began. At night, we shared snacks with eachother, did dance and slept.
July 8:
It was the orientation day. We had many fun activities like the rock paper scissors, the question game, and then we also had our performance. It was not so smooth, but it worked out great. The orientation was a great platform to connect to the cohort.
July 9:
It was the first day to travel. We visited a very interesting place. We went to recycling plant, where they recycled cigarette butts into papers, bags and other useful stationaries using the fibre. I was so interested to know the founders story, how he thought of this innovatiive idea. I took his contact number, because I wanna do something innovative like him in the future. We also visited India gate today. It crowded as always. I slept feeling super inspired that night, looking forward to the whole trip ahead us.
July 10:
Today we were travelling!!
We went bangla sahib Gurudwara. I had never been to a gurudwara before. Everything was new to me. The people over there were aggressive towards their religion, but we learnt about a new culture. Thats what matters overall.Then we visited the Presidents house. It had tight security, and the guide was just some kind of google. He had every minute information of that place. The first day out was very tiresome.
July 11:
Today we visited the Raashtrapati Bhavan. I had seen it once from outside when I was a kid, but it was my first time going in. It was like I was living back the mughal era, learning about their architecture style. I learned many facts about it eg. The gates of the Raashtrapati Bhavan, we’re named after the cities they open in, like the Ajmer Gate, was opening in the Ajmer city. I learned that the britishers had restored the structure using lahori bricks, which lowered the mughal essence in the bhawan. Then we went to Gadoria spice market to see many vatieties of spices we have here in India and the numbers were mind blowing. Our last visit for the day was to Jama Masjid. It took 6 years to build this because the workers used to pray after placing each stone. We also went to lodhi art district to witness some wonderful art works.
July 12:
Todays day was very special to me. We visited a mud house. I have lived in one before, but this one was on another level. It was so calm and peaceful being there. Next, we returned to VYK and did tree plantation there. We custom painted our vases, which was very fun. I also played a little Holi with my friend Gio. We didnt sleep as that was our last Night in Delhi. We talked with Eachother, everyone was involved in the conversations. We played UNO again. Thats how our visit to Delhi ended…
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