Myself Keshav Kumar a 3rd year student from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, studying Geography (H).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I have taken up a venture which is not only a means to escape the mundane routine of college life but serves a greater purpose.I’ll embark on a journey along the golden quadrilateral covering approximately 6100 kilometres and visit 13 states and 174 cities in 15 days with only companions will be the bike and make-shift abode, the tent.

Through this trip, I want to find answers to questions which are very often avoided or are left unanswered in our society. These questions are mainly about women’s safety and empowerment. I have planed to visit 20 different colleges ranging from the various IITs to IIMs where I’ll hold sessions with the youth and raise questions in front of them about how should a woman tackle her harasser, is blocking the oppressor the only solution to telephonic or digital harassment etc. According to me “We often believe that the problem we are going through is limited to us and we then hesitate to share it with anyone else. This means no solution can be arrived at. This has to change. So, with these sessions, a common platform can be forged where the youth can realise that we all go through the same hell and solutions can thought of for the betterment of everyone.”

Interests

• cycling
• geography