Advenday_origin

by Nishant Kumar Das (India)

I didn't expect to find India

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It all started from the front doors of my apartment which use to taunt my existence by never opening up to my favor. Then one fine morning I decided that was the signal to just walk past it . Where a 2 beautiful beach , 3 hill station, backwater , road trip on my bike over 2000 miles of pure Indian culture and the variety that I walked through was definitely a piece of cake I always truly longed for . Even with a growing lot of obstacles during the travel would give back some amount of learning in a positive way. It was as if I started stepping into my dreams. Everytime me and my peers thought this was it . Next morning awaited us with something even more beautiful. Wait wait..... I think this started to sound like a lot of me . Let's get into it then. ADVENDAY the dream which I built to keep building me back I know it's hard to understand but we'll leave it at that. The elements that drives my journey is the unknowns, everytime I was about to leave the doors behind I made sure there were all the prejudices left back behind the door to get the fresh and original taste of the journey that was ahead. I surely gained respect for a lot more things and activities going around the country which I would never experience if I never go beyond boundaries into the real wild of the humans from around the world. Being a Cinematographer/Director it always showed me such crisp stories going on around different regions. From fishing as their livelihood at Gokarna, Allepy to using valley crossing ropes for daily transport in the Solang, Manala . Every place I visit there is a part of me which I just leave without while returning back as I want to make sure I am coming back to meet myself. At one such peak of the moment on top of a village in Himanchal. I sat strait for an hour saying nothing after the trek to the village 'Malana' which was because of what a piece of heavenly visual feel touch and vibes I was surrounded by. It took me a while to accept that it's real. And carved the true reveal of my passion for storytelling and experiencing the story firsthand. I tried putting it in words many times but the fact that some things can only be understood when experienced the edge of cliff boasting upon valley which has an arrangement of mountains lined up as they were in assembly watching the river 'vyas' originate among them on top of it an eagle gliding below my foot and making the most beautiful cries on air . It amazes my heart and gave me some of the answers I was looking and waiting to unlock my blocked view of mind. The way back I was unable to speak even a single word for next four hours . I just wanted to give my ultimate respect by not defining my experience with words . Also this was the only time when I didn't take my camera intentionally so that I will have to revisit it to capture it with myself and to absorb some of that adrenaline flowing through these lands. Travelling made it sure that I keep removing those preconceptions in my mind and to keep having fresh perspective of my human abilities and how do I react to newly formed situation which would be much easily resolved behind the door in closed boundaries. But once I step outside that safe zone , time is ticking every move is important as it gets me to the next experience which I don't want to miss .