Keeping a close eye on what is going on around her, she tells me that this is not just a job - she feels it is part of a change that India has to go through.

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In front of me, on a left-to-right eye-level flight, is a chukar partridge.

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"Getting hit on the grill fired me up, " said Bopara, sporting a black eye and a bruised right cheek.

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For a moment I focus on the glass and catch the faint, honest reflection of my eye staring back at me, a lock of gray straggly hair in its way.

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And on my visit to the old Warsaw Ghetto, a woman looked me in the eye, and she wanted to make sure America stood with Israel.

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He made eye contact with me for the first time and only for a moment, before slowly reaching for his tea on the coffee table.

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