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Then Rohan stepped to the mic.

Rohan leaned against the corridor railing, watching a jet trace a white line across the hazy Dubai sky. He felt like that jet—far from home. Back in Trivandrum, he was the cricket captain. Here, he was just "the new South Indian kid."

A week later, Mr. Sharma made an announcement. "Kendriya Vidyalaya Dubai is hosting the Gulf-wide Hindi Kavi Sammelan (Poetry Meet). Every KV in the Gulf is coming—Bahrain, Kuwait, Doha. We need two students." kendriya vidyalaya dubai

Rohan froze. "Aasmaan... neela hai... kyunki... suraj... usse pyaar karta hai?"

"Don't worry. He called my poem 'a commercial for a fridge' last week. - A" Then Rohan stepped to the mic

"Dubai ki ret mein, Ganga behti hai." (In the sands of Dubai, the Ganga flows.)

Years later, Rohan will work as a diplomat in Cairo. Aisha will become a Hindi professor at NYU Abu Dhabi. They will never forget the smell of that corridor, the strict love of Mr. Sharma, and the lesson they learned: Back in Trivandrum, he was the cricket captain

They laughed. For the first time, the air didn't feel so dry.