I knew that one day, I’d make it my business to get to India. But that would be in the far-off future. For the time being, the country was not at the top of my must-visit list. Maybe I was scared of what it would be like to witness all that squalor and gut-wrenching poverty I’d heard about, scared of how it all might affect me. Then, in the spring of 2006, Michael King struck up a connection with the Indian tourist board and began making plans for both FQ and SIR, our new men’s magazine, to produce two fashion spreads in Jaipur. The trip would begin with half our team—Michael; Abel Muñoz, the associate art director; Hayley Atkin, now the associate fashion editor; and me—journeying to the northeastern Assam region, to Kaziranga National Park, for a two-day elephant safari. Evidently, my time had come to travel to these most exotic places. Suddenly, I was enthralled by the idea. And while I was a bit apprehensive at the prospect of seeing the kind of impoverished living conditions I’d heard so much about, I knew I was ready for some life-transforming experiences.
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