Tuesday, September 13, 2011

2 weeks left

I am leaving India in two weeks.

The flood of emotions that statement brings up is rather astounding.

Relief, sadness, fear. The transition to a new location in the US will be hard. No doubt about that.

 I will miss Bangalore, India, and South Asia in so many ways I would never have thought about 5 years ago when we arrived.

I'd love to write a big long post about it. But it's hard. I don't want to sound sentimental, and I don't want to offend people. Some things about India drive me crazy and I won't miss them in the least. But that's not worth dwelling on. And the things I will miss terribly are intangibles.

Honestly, I won't miss the food or the weather (good as it is), or the cost of living.

I will miss the freedom and chaos. If you can't understand that, you've probably never lived in India. With the freedom comes chaos and with the chaos comes freedom. They are opposites and they build on each other. Very hard to explain.

 So I won't try.

 Today.

 Maybe later, with the wisdom of hindsight.