Movies like “Zindagi Na MilegiDobara” have helped to popularize international travel. It is no longer the very rich that travel abroad. There are many affordable tour packages. Lots of people you know are travelling to Phuket, Mali and Turkey among other places.
Newspapers regularly have articles written by journalists who were invited to different countries by tourism boards.
Sekar Vijay Kiran has travelled to several countries on business and has studied the local customs and traditions. He feels that he has so much to learn about the world.
Reading about Kilimanjaro is very different from being there. Nature has the power to delight you if you’re open to it. You can see your school geography textbooks come alive in front of you.
Travel and reading expand your mental horizons. Travel has been considered an essential part of education for centuries. It changes you in ways that you wouldn’t notice immediately, opines Vijay Kiran Sekar.
It’s important to learn how life is lived in other countries. Sekar Vijay KiranFor instance, we can learn about efficient waste disposal instead of continuing to burn garbage every day. It’s a common sight to see people not cleaning after their pets on our roads. Whose responsibility is it to clean dog poo? Well, in some parts of the world, pet owners are fined if they don’t dispose of their pets’ droppings.
For years we’ve been hearing some of our politicians talk about modeling our cities on Singapore. Others would like to emulate Shanghai. These are not bad ideas. It gives us all hope that things will change for the better in Bangalore.
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