When I Was Younger I Was Fat.

The Generation That Migrated To The West In The 1970s Or 1960s Has Now Lived More In The West Than India, And India Has Changed So Much. My Parents Fall Into That Category.

Luckily My Parents Were Not Against My Ambition, They've Always Been Very Supportive. But They Were Adamant That I Went To University First.

As Soon As I Moved To New York, I Experienced Hurricane Irene And Then Hurricane Sandy Hit Me In Quite A Big Way. I Had 12 Days Without Any Electricity Or Any Water. The Thing That I Realized The Most From It Was That We've Become So Dependent On Technology. There's So Much Accessibility To Information That Suddenly When Everything Is Cut Off, You're Completely Lost, And You Start Asking Deeper And More Profound Questions - How Short Life Is, And How Grateful We Should Be For Things.

You Have This Impression From England That New Yorkers Can Be Quite Aggressive, But Certainly The People That I've Bumped Into And The Friends I've Made Here Don't Seem That Way. Just Walking Down The Street And Asking For Directions, People Seem To Be Very Helpful And Happy To Help.

Coming To New York Is Like A Big Hug, Everyone Is So Welcoming. There's Something About Here, Everyone Makes You Feel So At Home. I Miss My Family Of Course, But I Don't Miss London That Much. I Was Worried, But I Feel Really At Home. Everyone Says That Who Comes Here From London, But I Didn't Believe Them.