After graduating from a premier institution in 2017, Amogh Sahaje chose to embark upon the road less taken. He
decided to travel, and live in a village, a community of “tribals”, untouched by modern technology.
Alternism documents brief excerpts from a conversation with Amogh about his experiences.
Without using academic jargon or clichés, or even a dominant model of relativism which places the European ideals of Enlightenment as the basis of all knowledge, Amogh narrates his observations of the mode of working and functioning of this particular set of people. Through anecdotes and reflections, he paints a picture of a community which may seem “primitive” to the imperialistic, corporate-oriented development model, but is self-sustaining and growing in its own time, by its own standards.
Read LessWithout using academic jargon or clichés, or even a dominant model of relativism which places the European ideals of Enlightenment as the basis of all knowledge, Amogh narrates his observations of the mode of working and functioning of this particular set of people. Through anecdotes and reflections, he paints a picture of a community which may seem “primitive” to the imperialistic, corporate-oriented development model, but is self-sustaining and growing in its own time, by its own standards.
