Itās hard to believe that itās been 14 years since Brown Pundits was founded. I can still recall the exact moment it all beganāduring Twixmasā10, that quiet week between Christmas and New Yearās when the world seems to pause. Things were slow, but intellectually, it was a time of fervent excitement. I remember the many stimulating conversations on either GNXP or Razibās Discovery site about South Asia. Thatās where it all started.
I had just turned 26, and Razib was about to become a father. At the time, I couldnāt have known how much my life would change, nor could I have foreseen the transformations Iād undergo in the years ahead.
A week earlier (on my birthday), I met Dr. V at a work event, and in the blink of an eye (the following Cheti Chand, but that date was entirely a coincidence since we had agreed to meet at Holborn), over coffee, I mentioned that Iād marry her come what may, as my way of asking her out. At that point, I was deeply immersed in my British Pakistani BahĆ”āĆ identity, thriving in my single London bobo life.
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