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Unplanned solo trips can be food for soul

Hindustan Times Chandigarh

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June 11, 2025

With 10% of battery charge left in my phone, I sat sulking at the Jalandhar bus stand.

- Priyanka Thakur

Bus operations to Chandigarh were to resume 10 hours later at 5pm. I wondered what to do with the time on hand.

Last December, I had chosen to set myself free from the routine and went to visit a friend in Kapurthala. It was a one-day trip and I was supposed to return the next morning. We were having fun until the news of a Punjab bandh called by farmers from 9am to 6pm the next day flashed on TV. Hoping to dodge the protest, I decided to take the bus back to Chandigarh at 7am.

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