misalan | mixture_ 🌱

the city of pen is popularly known for idols of ganesha, a famous hindu deity. the city is considered a leading producer and exporter of ganesha's idols. it even engaged in interstate as well as international trade of idols of various hindu deities. we saw two closed industries where the crashed idols of ganesh were dumped beside the gate. we roam in two markets. one was famous for fish and crabs, while the other was just for vegetables. the nagar panchayat and the mahatma gandhi bhawan nearest to that were closed when we reached. soon the day finished, and we planned to stay in the rest house of the ankur hostel. this hostel was built and executed by the same organization. it is a philanthropic institution where adivasi children of the first to twelfth class could stay.

"dada tumhi srikant dadachya college madhye shikata?" (aada, do you study at shrikant dada's college? with a timid voice, one student asked me if i was studying in college where her known person srikant was studying. i didn't know who shrikant was, but i responded, "haa, haa toh srikant dada ka mumbai madhye shikato toh?" (yes, is it that srikant dada who studies in mumbai?). then she said, "haa." (yes). then i also replied yes to her.

a similar mistake that everyone makes, i assumed that srikant was the same student who did fieldwork at akur trust the previous year. later on, i got to know he was the same srikant. now she began to open to me and asked, "tumhi pan shahar madhun yayal ahe?" (so have/do you also come from the city? "haa." (yes) i said. then she ran towards her room. ~

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