The instinct of roaming about, is rooted in man’s nature.
Traveling has, therefore, been popular with him from time immemorial. It is the
romance of seeing the unseen, knowing the unknown and unveiling the shrouds of
mystery.
But it is no entirely driven by blind urge that man has been
traveling year after year. He has also
found it useful-immensely beneficial. One of its leading benefits is that it
serves as a great teacher. It educates all the ignorant and the erudite alike,
even those who may have the pride to think that they have nothing more to
learn.
The knowledge we acquire in the colleges and universities is
mainly bookish in nature. It may add to our learning without enhancing our real
sagacity. The bulk of theoretical studies that have no practical application in
our day-to-day life may as well be regarded as
a sterile piece of earth,
unproductive and useless. The essential link between scholastic knowledge and
the actual affairs of life can be provided by the realistic understanding of
the world derived through traveling.
Traveling across distant countries expands the mental
horizon of man. Fanaticism, prejudices, intolerance and such other vices are
cured and complexes removed when a man comes into contact with people from
different places. Books only conveys theoretical information’s on these things.
It is travelling that effects exchange between nation and nation. To the
benefit of the whole world.
In these days of international tension, travelling can help
to bring about cordiality and harmony between hostile nations. When we travel
through countries, we come to know that people in general all over the world
want peace and amity. That strengthens our own hope of peace and removes the
fear of a third. World war. Likewise,
travelling can bring different countries closer and closer and establish better
economic co-operation among them for their mutual benefit.
A long stay at one place brings monotony and stagnation to
our life. Change and variety is the spice of life. This is no mere platitude
but most palpably true. A change of atmosphere from the plains to the hills,
from moist to dry climate, brings about such a perceptible improvement in the state
of our mental and physical health that doctors persons. When
our eyes feast on the gorgeous beauties of Nature, the rolling waves of the
blue oceans, the proud pinnacles of mountains, the mysterious wilderness of the
flamboyant flower-decked valleys, our hearts swell with ecstasy.
Our minds shed
all the narrowness and unwholesome tendencies at the sight of Nature’s
magnificence. Our soul breaks its bondage and soars high in quest of the real
values of life.
A man never knows hid own native land completely till he has
gone out of it to some other country. Only a rational comparison with other
countries can specify vividly the true character, the merits and drawbacks of
our own motherland.
An awareness of our defects inspires us to work hard and
improve the unhappy condition of our country. We, the people of the east, have
learnt from travelling in the western countries
how they enjoy their liberties and discharge their responsibilities.
This has been a greater teacher than hundreds of sermons on civic rights and
duties.
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