Helping others to travel the world

Jearaj and GaneshJearaj and Ganesh have worked at Inside India, Auroville’s travel agency, for the last six years. They both hail from semi-urban educated backgrounds, and consciously chose to shift from city jobs to working in Auroville. “Here it’s peaceful, there’s harmony, and not too much pushing,” says Jearaj. Ganesh cites Auroville’s innovation, team work, and the opportunity to learn “many things” as part of the appeal of working here. Before he applied for the job in Auroville, Jearaj worked “24x7” in a Chennai travel agency that serviced the corporate sector. “There was no rest day,” he recounts of the job he did for seven years, in which he was expected to respond to client’s requests on Sundays. “There was really a lot of stress.” While holding down the Chennai job, Jearaj would travel back to his family home in Pondicherry every weekend, often reaching home at 2am Sunday morning. “That was horrible for my family. It was difficult to go and come back. When I saw the va...
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