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Hi, I'm from Mumbai in India, and I moved to Bloomington about eight years ago. I used to be a very quiet person. In general, I would not talk to people a lot. I wouldn't really go out of my way to do things. There was this one guy in particular who I feel always made me feel even worse about it, whether it was just little things in school. I felt like he made the extra step to not have me included. So that was probably that one time when it was that way. A few years ago, probably the first time I came to Bloomington, it was a different place, totally different people. I came from a city with 20 million people, obviously in India, never really lived in another place. So it was obviously a challenge initially. There were times, I guess, when I felt like people would not get to know me only because maybe I was different, you know, just because I was from a different place. A couple of people I can think of have really gone out of their way to invite me over to their place for a meal or for some kind of social gathering. Even a small thing, like, hey, let's go get coffee. And we'll go for 20 minutes, get a coffee, come back. So like I said, it's the little things, but I think at least in my mind, they count. And I'd say I have, I still have a couple of colleagues who always do that. So it's great.