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BENGALURU: Dutch influencer Ivana Perkovic was first launched to India via Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas as a 15-year-old. Whereas the movie elevated her curiosity about this nation, she found her love for it when she noticed it along with her personal eyes years later.
“Once I stop my job to journey in 2015, I continued to doc my travels on my YouTube channel (@TravelVlogIv). It was all in Dutch again then, till I lastly reached India in October 2015. Within the two years that adopted, I travelled all the world over, however upon my return to India in 2016, I realised that is the nation the place I’d prefer to strive residing. The Dutch wet, gloomy, chilly climate was making me depressed, and India checked all my packing containers when it comes to climate, English as a enterprise language, journey and meals. Transferring right here ultimately in 2018 was extra of a continuation of documenting my journey, than the beginning,” shares Perkovic.
A resident of Bengaluru for over 5 years, Perkovic mentions the town warmed as much as her shortly. “Initially, I needed to put in effort to satisfy new associates by going to occasions and connecting on Fb teams. However the good factor is that, not like different cities in India, many individuals listed here are outsiders too. Whether or not it’s foreigners, or Indians from different states, all of them come right here to check and work. Locals are additionally welcoming. I’ve learnt the complicated layers of the native tradition, which I’ve actually come to like,” she says.
Perkovic got here into the limelight due to her content material throughout social media platforms. Her diverse content material additionally has movies that give foreigners suggestions for travelling to India. “I made a acutely aware option to showcase the very best of the nation. It’s refreshing for Indians, in addition to foreigners, to see the very best of such a singular nation and tradition on this planet. 70 per cent of my viewers is 25+ years previous. If I’d be misrepresenting my experiences I’d be cancelled very quickly. However the feedback after visiting India following my suggestions are 99 per cent optimistic. The perfect one was from a senior couple who was initially anxious and by no means considered India as a vacation spot till they stumbled upon my movies. They adopted my suggestions and had the very best journey. Feedback like which might be the very best each day reward for my work,” she elaborates.
For Perkovic, given a alternative, house will now at all times be India. “Many thought it was a ‘section’ after I left The Netherlands. However solely immigrants perceive how painful it’s to go away family members, and all the pieces acquainted, for a brand new life. I made loads of (acutely aware) sacrifices to construct a brand new life in India, however the assumption that this was simple is flawed. The one factor that stored me going via the powerful days was the deep sense of belonging and figuring out India is my house. Now I’m additionally mature sufficient to know we solely have a lot management in our life, and that sooner or later I could must return to The Netherlands as a result of my mother and father are there. But when I’ve a alternative, it’ll at all times be India for me.”
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