Familiar.

Just 6 months after my last visit, I am back in Hyderabad. With this visit, I am experiencing a new feeling of familiarity. The same faces greet me in J.C. Reddy's Chicken shop and the meat stalls at Charminar. I am greeted by the same beautiful scenery that unfolds before me on the way to the orphanage. I was explaining my new feelings to a friend at home and she said, "Oh that's the best feeling. When you finally exist." I am now a familiar face. Not just another person passing through. I was walking through our neighborhood and recognized a few of the younger boys playing hide and go seek. Laughing interrupted their counting as a I joined in the game for a few rounds.

I am so happy to be back in Hyderabad.