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Rohan Banerjee's avatar

Lovely read, Ila! It beautifully conveyed the stillness you must have experienced at the pottery retreat.

I hope part two has more pictures of the Himalayas!

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thanks Rohan! Happy to hear 😊

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Binu Sivan's avatar

Ila, what you had to say about humility and pottery was lovely. This is going on my to-do list.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thank you Binu 💜

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Sarthak Dev's avatar

So good, Ila! I loved how it began with a glimpse into why you went. It set up my reading of your experience perfectly. Also enjoyed how you were able to dip into multiple facets of that retreat wrt food, stay etc.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thanks Sarthak, glad to hear! 😊

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Aditi Taswala's avatar

Thank you for writing about your experience. I am adding this experience to my must do list. Can't wait to read part 2.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thanks Aditi! 😊

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Ashish Goyal's avatar

Dharamkot sounds like such a wonderful place. Hope to visit it soon. Thanks for the enjoyable read.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thanks Ashish, I think you’ll like the place!

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Puneet Aghi's avatar

You always bring the unexplored experiences in your posts. A very enjoyable read!

Now I am gathering some courage to do a solo trip to the mountains as well😬

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thanks Puneet 😊 Don't overthink, just go!

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Priya Vikram's avatar

This retreat appears wonderful. Looking forward to part 2...

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thanks Priya 😊

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Divya Shivaram's avatar

Loved reading this, Ila! Thank you for sharing your experience.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thank you! 💜

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Lankala R Reddy MD, FAAP's avatar

Ila such a well written article, felt it came straight from your heart.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thank you, glad to hear!

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Is this anything?'s avatar

Too short. Too short. Too short.

I love the sense of calm that infects me whenever I read anything by you. It is as if you extract an observation from chaos of the so called normalcy. Thank you for this. Never been to dharmshala and the last time I handcrafted something, it was 23 B.C. It was a spatula to test the pasta I was making in hell’s kitchen.

Part 2, please.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Hahaha... thank you daddu! 💜 Part 2 dropping tomorrow.

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