THE YATRA PROJECT

My passport got its very first stamp when I was two and a half. I went to Mumbai, India. Both my parents were born and raised in Mumbai, and the majority of my family still live there. My background, being a first generation Indian American, is such a huge part in what made me fall in love with travel from such a young age. I was born and raised in the Midwest in the United States. And for my whole life, I felt as if I was straddling between two worlds: the east and the west. I was always hyper-aware of the major differences in social culture between the two that were so ingrained in me. I had such a unique world view from such a young age and I was (and still am) so fascinated by what makes people tick in different parts of the world. I was always so curious how people in different cities and cultures lived and thought, what their experiences were and what stories this beautiful earth and its inhabitants could teach me... In my junior year of college, I took an art history class,..