You probably wrote all my thoughts. After moving to Japan, that too in a pandemic, I realized why people call it 'uprooting'. The familiarity and stability of life in Ahmadabad, especially in terms of friends and social circle, is completely lost. I often think that this 'moving' life from one country to another is not for me. Perhaps, it is partially because of never ending pandemic here and partially because Japan is a unique country where every foreigner resident has experienced loneliness. Getting familiar to the new surroundings definitely eases you out but it is the friends and social circle that is important, no matter where you live. Moving around in India was never a trouble.
I never had a chance to root anywhere to get uprooted. By the time I finished 10th, I had studied in four different schools, then to Bangalore, then to Mumbai, then to Dubai, then to Bahrain, Then to Kuwait, and then back to Kerala. Humans were hunter-gatherers, now we move from place to place searching for a living. People used to ask me, where are you going to settle? I say life is a journey, why should one settle???
You probably wrote all my thoughts. After moving to Japan, that too in a pandemic, I realized why people call it 'uprooting'. The familiarity and stability of life in Ahmadabad, especially in terms of friends and social circle, is completely lost. I often think that this 'moving' life from one country to another is not for me. Perhaps, it is partially because of never ending pandemic here and partially because Japan is a unique country where every foreigner resident has experienced loneliness. Getting familiar to the new surroundings definitely eases you out but it is the friends and social circle that is important, no matter where you live. Moving around in India was never a trouble.
I never had a chance to root anywhere to get uprooted. By the time I finished 10th, I had studied in four different schools, then to Bangalore, then to Mumbai, then to Dubai, then to Bahrain, Then to Kuwait, and then back to Kerala. Humans were hunter-gatherers, now we move from place to place searching for a living. People used to ask me, where are you going to settle? I say life is a journey, why should one settle???