Roy’s small big world
Suresh writes about his friend Roy who is living with nature in a hut in Wayanad,Kerala.He has made 20 cents of land on the banks of Narasipuzha, his paradise.
I was working as an IT consultant in corporate America for nearly five years. By most definitions I had ‘made it’ — good education, good job, nice car, pretty girlfriend, ‘success.’ Yet, I voluntarily chose to walk away from it all and search for a totally different way of life. Why? Let me share two reasons, one external and one internal, although both are deeply connected.
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Über Desi | Roy’s world: Utopia or Disneyland?
May 15th, 2008, 11:02 pm | #
[...] Looks like you are new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A few days back a post showed up on my feedreader that raised some red flags for me. The post talks about this gentleman named Roy, who claims he voluntarily gave up everything to live in an eco-commune in Kerala, and I had a lot of issues with what Roy was preaching. I debated long on whether to voice them on here or not. Our panel of fellow bloggers even discussed this topic and I will share some opinions that came out of it, sort of a “best of”. I’ll probably get skewered for questioning a perceived martyr but nothing is too sacred for me, so here goes. [Original Post] [via DesiPundit] [...]
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