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burger and a large order of French fries.

‘Anyway, so what can I do for you?’ Samantha said, a fry in one
hand.
‘I have to find her. Nobody seems to know where she is.’

‘That’s not a great place to start. Any clues?’

‘I have a hunch.’
‘Like an intuition?’

‘Well, a guess. A decent calculated guess. She could be in New
York.’

‘Oh, really? That’s my city.’
‘I’m not sure. I have to first confirm it is the US.’

‘How?’
‘The US consulate. I need to find out if they issued a visa to Riya

Somani. Do you have contacts there, through your American circle in
Delhi?’

‘I do. But that sort of stuff is confidential.’

‘I don’t need details. I just need to know if they issued a visa to her
and when.’
‘It’s...difficult.’

‘That’s why I’ve come to you.’

She finished every single fry as she considered my request. She
took out her phone and flipped through the contacts list.

‘There’s Angela at the US consulate. We hang out sometimes. I
can’t promise anything.’

‘That’s fine. Whatever is possible.’
*

‘The best rural school in Bihar. That is super news, Madhav. You
have any documents to show that the CM said that?’ Michael Young,

the CEO of Gates Foundation India, said.
I sat in his sunny office. It had a view of the trees on Lodhi Road.

Over the last two years, I had interacted with Michael on several
occasions, and received delegations on his behalf to my school, 'I have

local newspaper articles. I can send you scanned copies,’ 1 said.