On a weekend trip to the state of Tamil Nadu in south India, I was driving from a hilltop Hindu temple down to the valley of Mettupalayam with some of my co-workers and local friends. We passed this group of young children and I immediately hopped out of the car to go meet their baby cow. The kids were so happy that we were interested in their cow, who they later let me hold in my arms. According to our friends who spoke Tamil, these kids had never met foreigners with white skin before. A day of firsts for us all!

Mettupalayam, India. 2018.

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