Shedding My Vices in Search of Self-Love

Documenting my vulnerable journey toward self-love through meditation.

I was caricatured by a friend.

In the winter of 2013, I migrated from New Delhi to London — partly so I could live away from home, and partly so I could explore myself in an alien culture. One prominent reason I wanted to get away was to smoke (cigarettes) and drink (alcohol) in a guilt-free manner, out of…