Rohan Karunakaran

Flying on a British Airways 747 transcontinental flight, I remember asking my father what those white flakes falling from the sky were. For the past 5 years prior to that trip, I had lived in two climates: hot and monsoon. It was 35 degrees C when we boarded the flight from India. Little did I know I'd be making a 70 degree adjustment when I got off the plane of January 15 in Toronto. In the 21 years since I took my first steps on foreign soil, I have been blessed to be in a country..