“There are no unhygienic dhabas. There is no fear in the mind. There are no Naxalites, only men who benefit from the wealthy and the corrupt; and you see, I’m just another guy.”
Over the last three months during which 60-year-old Sharat Sharma has been on the road, these are some of the ideals he’s held to his heart, as he set out on his first and by far most unremitting expedition covering 28,000 kilometres across the country.
“Life post retirement is your third innings; it’s the time you realise the dreams you nurtured all your life, not go on a decline and feed hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.” – another thumb rule this retired journalist has lived by, and this journey, he says, is a demonstration of that truth.