29-mar-2010,
On the 6th of this month I went to one of the most amazing trip, to Kapshi . We were supposed to leave at 5-30 in the morning so i woke up at 4-30. We reached our destination around 1-30 in the afternoon. We were group of 80 students who went there under the PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM of NSS. think about any
Kapshi is a very small village located about 2 hrs drive away from pune due north-west. It has around 00 families.Whenever we think about any indian village we think of Dust ,Filthiness ,no Drinking water and no proper Toilets ect. but, we were wrong . Kapshi was totaly different from what we have thought about it.
After some relaxation we started to explore kapshi . we had a local guy with us who was guiding us all. He told us about the 'water harvesting' plans taken there , with the help of an NGO 'Art Of Living' and the 'shramdaan' of the people of kapshi. They had build there 5 dams to conserve the rain water. We also learned that how miserable their lives were 5 years before when drought struck them and they had no water crops ect. and how their lives have changed after that.
After this we returned to our bus and had an awsem dinner in one of the vilagers home. The menu was rice samhbar and shera . After this we all went to "satsang" where the local people sang some 'bhajans' .We all enjoyed it a lot. It was not loud and noisy but was sweet and rydhemic. In the night we 4 frnds slept in a Teacher's house . I had one of the most relaxing sleep on the roof.
Next morning 4 of us got late and our group left for 'shramdaan' we were dishartened a bit but we utilised our time by roaming all round the village and talking to the villagers , seeing a father teaching his son to work in the field, the Harvesting crops. We learned about their culture and lifestyle a lot in those 2 hrs .
After the lunch we all left Kapshi but the beautiful memory of that small village will always remain deep in our hearts.
