I’ve come back from Afghanistan about 3 weeks ago, and in another 3 weeks I am heading off to India for 8 months on a Fulbright grant.  I’ll be returning to the country of my birth and the adopted homeland of my people.  It will be strange to be back in a place that is so familiar but so alien.  It’s like meeting a celebrity in person.  You recognize her, you’ve seen so often.  However being here, face to face, makes you realize that you have no idea who this person is and she knows nothing about you.