A letter to the man I used to be, on the day everything changed — and how it led me home.

As a curious six-year-old in New Delhi, I was obsessed with cars. I remember sitting with my father, watching television, utterly fixated — not on the politics of the day, but on one very important question: Who would get to keep the six-door car of the Indian Prime Minister after the elections?

February 20th, 2022 — Austin Marathon. My first time venturing beyond mile 20, and to my surprise, I was flying—cruising at a 7:30-minute/mile pace, nearly a full minute faster than my target.