India’s Independence day always reminds me of another important day in my life. For the first time in my life, I left my parent’s home to live on my own. I headed out to a place that couldn’t have been farther away from home. It was about 10,000 miles away on the other side of the Earth. I can’t imagine what my parents must have felt while saying those goodbyes. It will be very hard for me to do that with Ashwini, if I ever have to do it.

About 122,640 hours ago, I had arrived at JFK airport in New York. Can’t believe that I have spent 40% of my life in USA.