"I feel human" 

Is what I answer to people asking me how I feel concerning my identity. 

 

Born and raised in France by a British mother and a Punjabi father, we lived in a few different cities so I don't feel attached to one 'home'.

Before graduating from my bachelors, I went on a 6 month exchange program in Taiwan and then decided to do my whole masters degree in Kaohsiung, where I ended up living for 3 years.

I then worked for a year in the Maldives and I am currently living in Madagascar.

This world gets so small once you start exploring it and yet there are an infinite number of places to be discovered.

I like working abroad, because you are not a simple tourist observing what is around you, you get a deeper understanding of the country, its culture and way of living.

Learning a new language also invites you to learn a whole new way of thinking, which deepens understanding and relations with locals. 

 

So I am a blend of all the places I have lived in, I am French, I am mixed, I am a local in Taiwan and I have adopted and rejected different parts of each of these cultures. 

I am human.