Atrileaf ~ A Journey Through Nature
Can we change the way we consume? It was precisely this thought that struck me when I got the chance to visit a tribal forest village deep inside a national park in South East India. Out there during lunch, we sat on the ground and ate food served in plates and cups that were created with leaves by the tribal villagers. The feel of simple, warm, earthy existence struck a chord deep within. Post a sumptuous meal we disposed our plates and cups under a tree in a small open ditch. At some point when I noticed an entire pile of used leaf plates and cups of varied sizes collected in that ditch somehow did not appear like garbage, it got me thinking about just how we choose to consume especially in urbanized cities. The same cities we chose to make our homes, earn a living, settle down and make a life I returned with a strong resolve to do something that could effect even a small yet meaningful change. I wondered aloud, thought a lot and finally found my calling when I On