Finally...after a very long time I am here posting something on my blog. I have been thinking what to write....have so many things on mind but didn't know what to start writing with. I decided, I would write about something that has made a positive difference to my life, the office I worked with, Dastkar Andhra. Probably will never get to work in such a place and with such people again. Anyways, I am glad I got an opportunity.
All the good things in my life have happened by accident and so has DA. The Handloom Industry was alien to me until I joined Dastkar Andhra. Thanks to DA, I got an opportunity to visit the villages where DA works with the Weavers' Co-operatives. I never knew that the cloth which we wear goes through so many processes and each time I saw the process, it amazed me. How simple it is for us to say this colour or design is not nice. Every field visit made my love for the handloom cloth stronger. Today I don't feel like buying any other cloth except for handloom. And when someone says that the fabric is not nice (including my mother), I get irritated. Not I am used to people saying it but it will definitely not affect my liking for it.
What I learnt at Dastkar Andhra? Too much. I don't know if I will be able to put all that is on my mind here. I learnt that being simple is not really complex. I never felt out of place there. No artificial talks, more action than talks, no job of pleasing people. Somehow, I don't come across these qualities that often. There was always some anxiety in the office about the future of the industry but then there was some hope too, or rather belief in what we were working for.
Got to interact with so many people, learnt to experiment and learn by myself, ....and so many more things...
There was not a day when I regretted or felt lazy to go to office. Never liked to take a day off and stay at home. I feel that is because of the environment and the people in the office. These moments I will cherish for a lifetime.
