Living in Hubli requires a certain platitude that can only
be acquired with time. It’s difficult to accept the way that things are in
India when one of the soul reasons that you go is to initiate change. It’s easy
to rail against the everyday annoyances and lose sight of the excitement and
life that invariably occurs all around Hubli. If you can establish a goal and
begin working on a project of significance shortly after arriving, it will
allow you to cope with the day to day irritations until you acquire the
perspective that Indians take for granted.
Charge forward with your ideas and make a project your own.
While picking a project remember that if a company knew what the consultant’s
exact role was then they wouldn’t need the consultant. It’s crucial to quickly
establish what you are working towards, as time in India tends to disappear.
Keep in mind that by the midpoint of your fellowship year, your project should
be implemented. The second half of your year should be handing over the
administration of your project to resident Indians and implementing fine
tuning. Be wary of falling into the repetition of office life and whiling away
the first three months of the year fixing your co-workers English grammar.
Entrepreneurship is a series of ups and downs, and trying to
accomplish social entrepreneurship in India is an easy way to get discouraged.
Entrepreneurs invariably learn that the low points simply herald a change as
opposed to an end, and applying the same mindset to your sandbox fellowship
project should go a long way to preserving your sanity.
On a more practical front I’d eat a lot of mangoes, get a
cook to split between a few fellows, and spend some quality time on the other
side of the river in Hampi.
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