Going Solo
Verve|Verve March 2017

Is travelling alone a growing trend among women? Madhu Jain asserts that it is best leftto those who are self-reliant, who relish their own company and are not uncomfortable eating alone in a restaurant.

Madhu Jain
Going Solo

It is a striking pose, and portrait. An unbelievably young, slim and tranquil-looking Sridevi lounging in the shadow of a giant seated Buddha made of stone, in an idyllic setting. The actress, top to toe in white like the heroine of an ’80s Yash Chopra film, is on a ‘spacation’, as the headline puts it. ‘Spacation’ — never heard this one before: I suppose it was created by combining spa and vacation. And I presume Sridevi went alone to this ‘new haven of wellness’ in Pune. Just like my brother-in-law who has just gone to an ayurvedic resort near Bengaluru — also alone. Something he has never done before.

Perhaps going solo is an emerging trend, and not just to wellness resorts, spas or clinics but elsewhere, and everywhere. A friend has been doing this for years. She follows her impulses and indulges in her many whimsies: 10 days learning how to make authentic pasta in Tuscany, soaring in a hot-air balloon over Cappadocia, watching the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico…the list is long. Age hasn’t withered her lust for adventure.

“Why do you travel alone? Isn’t it lonely,” I ask her.

“If I was to wait for somebody to join me, I would never be able to leave…. Besides, I like my own company….”

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