Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam is a Sanskrit phrase found in Rigveda which means 'The world is one family' A similar notion also appears in the Tamil text Purananuru written by the famous Tamil poet Kaniyan Pungundranar. The proposal of 'one world' dates back to the period of Rigveda(1700-1000 BCE). Garry Davis is only a modern daydreamer who brought the time-old idea to reality. His vision inspired me to think of the world as my hometown. Garry Davis was a dreamer, and he made me not constrain myself with borders across landscapes. The idea was so fresh that only a dreamer could conceive it. There was a separate chapter dedicated to his struggles of making his fantasy a reality. I first heard of him in one of my favorite books, Aram. You no longer hold a passport for a single nation but the world, and you can freely visit more than 180 countries.
Have you heard of world citizenship? It means that you don't belong to one country but the world. Garry Davis was a rare kind of person who dreamt of one world, one country. You can seldom call a country you visited for ten days a hometown. Though I love my country very much, I had a strong urge to document my experiences with Bhutan for the hometown feature. First, let me put it out front that I'm not from Bhutan.
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