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Here I Go Again…6 cities, 5 weeks and a Whole Lot of Talking & Eating

Right now, I’m currently sitting in an overcrowded Abu Dhabi airport feeling a bit uneasy after gorging on a Quarter Pounder w/Cheese meal only minutes after proclaiming to myself that I would eat “healthy” over the next few weeks.   In a little under an hour, I’ll be boarding a plane to New York City where I’ll have the opportunity to spend the 4 th of July with close friends in a place which, even after five years, never ceases to feel like home. Yes, it’s my annual trip to the west again.   A time when I get to squeeze in as many meetings, social events, dinners, breakfasts, lunches, brunches, hugs, kisses, hamburgers, hot dogs, enchiladas and tacos into a multi-week period. It’s also the time when I end up sharing the “Indian football story” and “my India observations” over and over and over again. Not that I really mind though as I genuinely enjoy having the profound opportunity to connect India and the US through my facts, figures, anecdotes and general optimism.   Plus, I