The Homecoming That Doesn't Quite Fit: On the Quiet Disorientation American Men Carry Back from Ahmedabad
There is a particular kind of adjustment difficulty that no amount of frequent-flyer status prepares a traveler for — the reentry friction that follows not jet lag, but a genuine shift in what one has come to expect from human interaction. For American men returning from meaningful time in Ahmedabad's companionship culture, that friction can be surprisingly persistent, and surprisingly revealing.