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Starting from ground

For this Action, I was paired with Yun Xiao from Beijing, China and we shared our relationship with our home ground and learned about the value and meaning of “Home” for us.

I grew up in a city called Jalandhar which is a part of a northern state of India named Punjab. Widely known as one of the biggest sporting goods manufacturing city in India and a hub for producing some of the finest hockey players in the country, Jalandhar is also considered as one of the oldest cities in India with the earliest reference of the city dating back to 100 AD. It was also a part of the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the oldest human civilizations ever discovered.

Although I grew up in the central, populated region of the city, a place to unwind and admire the occasional absence of the clustered human habitat was always a 30 minutes drive away. Its only after I stated to explore other cities in India, I realized a sense of emotional equilibrium my hometown had for me. One of those those things whose presence is often realized only when its absent.

“Balance”, is an expression that I believe is the most crucial thing I had derived from my growth in Jalandhar. A city that was neither too fast paced in its lifestyle nor too isolated that the region becomes alienated to a lot of modern day resources we require for a prosperous growth. Having lived in big cities in India as well as occasionally staying in certain isolated regions, the lifestyle of my hometown was the most balanced for me, or perhaps consequently that is what I am used to of living like.

As a consequence and appreciation of this particular lifestyle, its always an effort from my end to strike a similar balance in my decisions, actions and ideology, which has eventually vastly assisted me in observing the world around me from multiple perspectives and have a sense of respect towards different ideas.

Apart from my personal experience, my conversation with Yun highlighted many thoughts and perspectives we had in common. For instance, her emotional attachment to her home ground was analogous to a similar feeling of balance. But what was indeed fascinating was that she felt that sense of balance in the more developed city like Beijing, a balance between a fast paced life but also an effortless access to many resources, polar to my source of this emotion which was derived from moderately developed city.

Conclusively, this action predominately taught me 2 things:

  • How the foundation of my life/lifestyle modeled me as a decision making individual, the value of which I am learning everyday as I progress towards a new path of life.
  • How my interaction with Yun Xaio taught me about the value of perspective. How different individuals value a similar concept but can have a distinct approach in fulfilling or incorporating those ideals.

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