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The long route against dowry

Staff Reporter

ON A MISSION: Bhau Saheb Bhawar.

KOCHI: Fourteen years is a long period. That too to spend on a bicycle. Bhau Saheb Bhawar of Maharashtra has been doing just that – for a cause.

He has criss-crossed the country, carrying a message against dowry. “Immediately after the 1993 blasts, I felt like doing something for national integration. This was followed by my family’s inability to raise dowry for my sister’s marriage.” The events, coming one after another, prompted him to decide on the journey. He is still two months away from going back to his village Hasnabad.

One prized item in his luggage is the display book carrying photographs and certificates given by State Governors and leading Government officials whom he met during his trip. And yes, clippings from the media reports on him.

He was in the city for the last leg of his journey and plans to meet officials of oil companies here, who along with armed forces had been his main supporters. Then Mr. Bhawar will proceed down south to Thiruvananthapuram.

“I want to meet the Governor and the Chief Minister,” he adds. From there, he will touch the southern most point of the country at Kanyakumari, before winding up along the eastern coast. He plans to end the trip at Andaman Islands.

“Then I will return to my village and rest for a while,” he lists his plans. Not for long. He has already drawn up plans for his next pedalling trip.

His next destination could be either South East Asia or Europe.

This time he will be promoting the cause of international peace.

Thus he plans to rule the road, through snow and rain, baffling those trapped in the mundane daily life.

Once a traveller, you cannot ignore the lure of the road. Bhau Saheb Bhawar belongs to this lot.

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