• I love my home city, but it was hard to move back after experiencing the excitement of life abroad. • To feel better, I made an effort to explore my hometown of Delhi the way I would a new place. • I embraced a tourist attitude, fell in love with Delhi, and grew a new appreciation for home.

When I packed up my apartment in Dublin to move back to Delhi, I thought the hardest part would be saying goodbye to friends, the café that had become my go-to for breakfast, and my favorite museums.

Instead, the hardest part was arriving back home.

A year in Dublin wasn't a lifetime, but it was long enough to change me. Although my experience wasn't perfect, I got to study at my dream university and travel to places in Ireland I had only ever seen in movies.

Still, the housing crisis, high re

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