Praveen Kumar Pathak
Ghumantu Baba’ pustak ek niji yatravrittant hai, jiska sanchalan Praveen Kumar Pathak dwara kiya gaya hai. Yeh pustak Hindi pathakon ke liye vibhinna yatra anubhavon ko detail aur vivaranatmak dhang se prastut karti hai. Pustak ka mool uddeshya yatra ke dauran hue anubhav, dekhe gaye drishya, mile hue log aur sthaniya khan-paan ka varnan karna hai, taaki pathakon ko us sthan ke baare mein samagra jankari mil sake.
Pustak mein prakashit samagri se yeh spasht hota hai ki yeh Bharat ke aitihasik, adhyatmik aur prakritik roop se mahatvapurn sthalon par kendrit hai, vishesh roop se Bihar aur uske aas-paas ke kshetron par. Kuch pramukh yatra varnanon mein Aurangabad zila ke pauranik sthal (Panchdev Dham, Mahua Dham, Gajna Dham), Ghora Katora Lake, Ayodhya aur Rajgir ki yatraon ka vistrit vivaran shamil hai. Iske atirikt, Bhutan (“The Dragon Kingdom”) jaise antar-rashtriya gantavyon ko bhi cover kiya gaya hai.
Praveen Kumar Pathak ne apne ‘Mera Parichay’ section mein spasht kiya hai ki ve Bihar ke Arwal zila se hain, jo is blog/pustak ko ek personal aur local touch deta hai. Yeh blog/pustak kam budget mein aastha aur sanskriti ka adbhut sangam chahne wale yatriyon ke liye upyogi jankari aur prerna pradan karti hai. ‘Ghumantu Baba’ pustak, yatravrittant ki parampara ko aage badhate hue, anubhavon ko sanrakshit rakhne aur logon ko naye sthalon ki khoj ke liye prerit karne ka ek safal prayas hai.