For me, the idea of roots is connected to people that I have very deep connections with.
I’ve always been very rooted. My dad used to work in the air force, so we moved a lot. When we finally settled down in Bangalore, it was the first time we had a home and stayed in a place for a long time and that resonated with me a lot. Moving away from there was quite difficult, because it was the first time I had a feeling of home and suddenly it was lost again. It took a while for me to feel that way in Bombay, but I think when you make connections and form strong bonds with people, you start to feel a little bit more anchored somewhere…a little bit more rooted. If I go to a place and I know people there, I immediately feel more connected to that place. For me those connections with people are so important, like good friendships where you can count on each other. So no matter where I am in the world, if there’s someone there that I feel close to or that I have an intimate connection with, I feel more secure. Home, to me, is really the people that I share my time with. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of home is a sense of comfort. The feeling when I wake up in the morning and look out my window and see the sunrise. It’s difficult to really put into words but I feel that coziness. Tradition to me is anything that I do with my family. One tradition that I love is making modaks on Ganesh Chaturthi. I did that recently with friends and it felt really nice.
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For me, tradition becomes significant when it feels relevant and when it feels personal and truthful to who I am today. It is something that has a lineage; that is evolving with each person who passes it down.