Pune: Young professionals are now looking to escape the pressures of corporate life and find fulfilment in ventures that align with personal interests and values. While some are embracing the mountain life, others are setting up boutique properties in the wilderness. A few years ago, Amit Srivastava and his wife Shipra Mohan Sinha, now in their 40s, quit their ‘nine to five’ finance and publishing jobs to move to the hills.
The idea was to give preference to ‘life’ over ‘lifestyle’. “We decided to move to Lansdowne to enjoy a slow, peaceful life. Both of us are naturalists now and also run a café.
We are also giving space to the local communities to display their handicrafts and other hand-crafted items at the café,” said Amit, who runs Lansdowne Trip Travel Café. Indrani Chakraborty and Soumya Mukherji, another couple who took this risk at the prime of their careers, said that they don’t have a single day of regret. “Both of us used to travel extensively for work and we couldn’t tolerate the corporate pressure anymore.
We decided to quit our jobs and go back to our roots in Bhubaneswar, and we now run this homestay close to the Chandaka Elephant Sanctuary,” 38-year-old Indrani said. The couple runs Svanir Wilderness Ecostay in Odisha, which offers visitors a unique detox homestay experience close to nature. Young couples said that most of these passion projects have now become a blend of business acumen and creative expression.
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