Grew up in a small town of south Gujarat, surrounded by the slow rhythm of places like Dang, Ahwa, and Vansada.
As a kid, I didn’t think much about it : the green hills, forest roads, quiet mornings , it was just normal life for me.
But After moving to a bigger city, everything felt different.
Faster. Louder. Everyone constantly rushing somewhere.
chasing things they don;t even know about!
Coming back home now makes me realize how much I miss that slower pace - mornings where you hear birds instead of traffic, long drives through dense greenery, evenings that don’t feel hurried.
For me, the quieter stretches around Dang and Vansada's villages and towns hold meaning. There’s something grounding about the landscape here that’s hard to explain unless you’ve spent time in it.
If anyone else here grew up in a smaller town and later moved to a city, did going back change how you saw your hometown?