Hey, myself Moupia Mukherjee and I’ve started my journey in this development sector just a year ago without having much clear idea. I cleared the interview, got the call, and packed my bags to start a very new journey of my career. The Journey has started from my village stay at Baromeshia, Birbhum and the memories are still so fresh.
The days I’ve spent there, those learning from staying within a tribal community, bonding with did is, being able to be a part of their daily life for more than a month, spending my each evening sitting on a rock and watching the sunset or enjoying the night shows of fireflies while the current is gone it was all fun. There I’ve understood their lifestyle, culture, food habit, different type of livelihood, struggle for water and so on.
With all this experience my brain started to gain some clear ideas how people work in this sector, with whom we work and most importantly the need of this sector to those marginal families. To continue my journey next I need to take the boat to land on “SUNDARBAN”.
The first few days were not so exciting to be true and quite lonely over here. But with each passing time colleagues becomes friends and the team leader becomes dada who was always there with his immense knowledge, guidance and support, made this journey much easier. Most importantly the people of Sundarban and their constant effort to survive in a hazard prone area is something that inspires to work for them, work with them.
People still might be dependable on external support to survive their life but their zeal to fight for survival, to have a better future is something that motivates to never stop and enable to do something extra to help them in anyways. Their simplicity, trust and love is something that makes me feel overwhelmed. After spending much time with them, hearing their stories, seeing their struggles the only dream I’ve for them is to see them independent one day.
And being “PRASARIAN” I got the chance to be there with them, help to take them few little steps that can lead them to a better life. I wonder about that “one day” When they will be enough to help themselves, sleeping on an empty stomach or migrating somewhere else leaving behind their families for money will be a mere story and smile on their face will be permanent.
