November 13th, 2010: Yatra in Raipur, Chattisgarh
11.30 am: Yatris pay homage at the Gandhi Statue 12 noon onwards: Public meeting at Gauss Memorial Centre
November 12th 2010: Yatra enters Chattisgarh through the Jeypore tract; State Government waives road taxes for the Yatra!
We camped in the office building of RCDC (our thanks to them for accommodating us) in a couple of rooms where the yatris slept in the small space cozily next to each other given the chill descending in the nights as winter comes in, it was not clear when the night ended and the day began! – the yatris were getting ready for November 12th by using the one toilet in the office in turns, as they took a bath and then went back to sleep since we had an early start scheduled. More...