a double exposure of a central figure of a Madras man with long fashionable hair and Nehru jacket in deep thought with images of life events...

For centuries, travelers spoke of India as a land of mystery. But those who truly experienced it knew better—it was a land of transformation.

Arjun Desai, a man who had spent most of his life in New York City, was no exception. Born in Madras, now Chennai, he left at eighteen to chase the American Dream. Two decades later, he had wealth, success, and a hollow ache he couldn’t explain. One evening, staring at an old photo of his ancestral home, a clay-walled house in Tamil Nadu, he impulsively booked a flight to India.