There would hardly be a soul about us that doesn’t love to travel. Now imagine that travel means not only discovering yourself but also people who are in want of support and means to whom you can give a better future too. 39-year-old Pankaj Trivedi is one lucky biker who under the aegis of Tata Capital is scouring 2,000 km from Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh to Guwahati in Assam as part of The Half Stories initiative. The idea is for Trivedi, a qualified expedition leader from the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, to bring such people to light and have common folks like us contribute. Here, Trivedi shares about his experience of a unique village in Odisha. Excerpts:

Q. How did you happen to discover Raghurajpur in Odisha?
A. En route, I have met many people and have told the stories we have stumbled upon in Dharamshala, Manali, Rishikesh, Gadgun, Puri — which ultimately led me to Raghurajpur in Puri. It is a 120-member village — a heritage arts and crafts village where every villager is an artist and every home is an artist’s studio.