IT was in early spring of 2011 that I decided to walk along the course of the Gomti from its origin to its confluence with the Ganga. An informal group was created with students, retired engineers and river enthusiasts. We developed a code of conduct for our river journey: we would not take any funding and would only stay close to the river, drawing inspiration from Vinoba Bhave walking across India in search of land for the landless.
It took us 10 days to complete a journey of 960 km. We started from Pilibhit and ended at Ghazipur near Varanasi. . .