Arti looked out from the glass wall of the top floor of her office building – recently built to reflect the success and opulence of Silicon Valley. The sunny California spring morning lay in front of her in full splendor as far as her eyes could see: from the green foothills to the foggy bay.
The view is surely different from the top. How far is the bridge, she wondered. How far has she come? The life in the small rural town in India she left behind seemed more distant than the bridge and far more foggier than the bay.
It was not long ago, she left her hometown for the first time to come to the bay area only two weeks after her marriage. That shy young girl, an outsider, looking in with wonder and awe never imagined that in a few short years would become, an insider, a confident empowered woman looking out.