Thought of being a traveler in the last days of my college and that thirst made me start with my first traveling spot – Lohgad Fort. When I came to Pune for study it was seriously not easy for me to dream about it due to insufficient money, time, college and what not. I was just waiting for a miracle to make it easy for me. And like we say it in Bollywood movies –

‘’ Kisi cheez ko dil se chaho… Toh puri kainaat use milane ki koshih mein lag jaati hain" 

And that's what happened to me. Our college had a photography session at Lohgad Fort. And that reason was enough for me to begin with my journey. This journey took me close to my dream. I remember how excited I was to go on this trek. But my life was planning something else for me. Here I was planning for my trip and there our PM Modi declared demonetization. And one more time I was sure – how unlucky I am…

No one was ready to exchange currency…
And there was no money in ATMs. Same was the state of my wallet.

Still I didn’t care about anything. And I had no clue how I will walk to college and attend this session. But there is something, when you don’t know what is happening, you just have to let it go the way it wants to…. And that’s what I did. I took my bag and tied my shoes and started walking to my college. The college was not so close. It was 11km from my place. So basically from Moshi to my college I was just walking. By the way, Moshi is not my but the place in Pune where I used to stay.  So somehow I managed to walk 11 km and reached my college and there comes another bad news on the door of my college waiting to invite me in with a sad face. The moment I realized that the trip was cancelled and now we are going to ‘’Shankarwadi Mahadev Caves’’; I was all heartbroken. 

All my efforts of walking so far without giving a thought about it proved useless. But when everything leaves you behind, there’s a thing which makes a human alive and helps them to recover like a first love. And that love was Chai… ‘ Ek Chai ki chuski aur saari tension ghool…  After that chai ki chuski I convinced my mind to go for caves if not fort. 
But my heart was not ready to listen even a word, So what? 
I made a promise to myself that I will visit each and every fort if not today then tomorrow but I will not sacrifice my dreams for any cost. And from that time till the date I am just wandering around without knowing where I will stop. It is just like –

Behata hua pani sa hu mai,
Kahi nadiyo mai dhoob sa jaana hain…
Na hosh, na kabar…
bas chalet hi rehna hain…
ha bas chalet hi rehna hain...