a 19 yearold lad from kutch gujarat pranaal khatri is literally surviving on no money while on a trip across the whole of india since the past one year having visited 22 states so far from kashmir to kanyakumari by hitchhiking on highways pranaal was recently on a daylong stop in lucknow while talking to us he shared his unusual travel storyi started travelling in november 2017 shares pranaal adding i have my mom dad an elder sister and grand parents in my family when i was in class xi i always used to think and dream about how it will be to travel the whole of india without having a single penny in my pocket the thought itself used to give me a kick i wanted to be free in the real sense i didnt want to be dependent on anyone i never wanted to be a slave to anyone and be just free and then roam the whole of india pranaal has since travelled to rajasthan uttar pradesh punjab bihar himachal pradesh uttarakhand madhya pradesh among others pranaal khatri hitched a ride on a truck to bihar from lucknow bccl aditya yadav pranaal khatri hitched a ride on a truck to bihar from lucknow bccl aditya yadavconvincing his parents to pursue his hatt ke dream wasnt less than a challenge recalls pranaal it took me a long time to convince my parents to allow me to do this just like any other parent they were dead against the idea we didnt have fights as such but i tried explaining to them what was going on in my mind to which they did listen but were not kicked about my plan however after much convincing they finally gave in and allowed to me to do what i wanted travel the world with no money they also thought that i will come back after a few days or months but ever since i left the house in november 2017 there has been no looking back i used to be a very lazy kid at home so my parents were sure that i will not survive for long in this game plan but i have managed to go on for more than a year now he says adding in fact i dont even plan my route i go wherever the truck driver takes mepranaal in nepal while on his way to annapurna base camp bccl aditya yadav pranaal in nepal while on his way to annapurna base camp bccl aditya yadavso does he not meet his parents in the interim we wonder i do i had gone to meet them on diwali and when i went back i was treated like a king they did whatever was possible to pamper me says pranaal who carries a mobile phone with incoming call facility to keep in touch with his parents through his journey they are still worried about me also when i started my dad gave me a debit card