A story of a snowfall
We are a bunch of snow-deprived people. In 2007 I started working as a software developer in my hometown Pune, India. Not everyone will admit it but being freshly out of college and starting a job in software, means you are halfway through your dream of going abroad and seeing amazing places. Well, at least Facebook (Orkut back in those days) made me believe that. So, one year down the line when I missed a few chances to go abroad, it was the biggest turndown for me. The positive thing though was I made some great friends in my company. One of my friends and then colleague, Atul came up with the idea of going to see the Himalayas. He found out one group - YHAI [1] , which is a non-profit entity. They organize highly subsidized adventure tours [2] for the young all over India basically at dirt cheap rates. We unanimously voted for it and thus born another dream. The Himalayas.. snow-covered mountains so gigantic that it dwarfs every other hill I had seen in my life. The news spr...