&6

Maya held the pottery shard discovered at Keeladi, fingers trembling. Her grandmother's grandmother had walked these Tamil streets centuries ago. Now, scattered across continents, her family lived in diaspora—London, Singapore, Toronto—yet remained connected. She photographed the artifact and uploaded it to their family blockchain, creating an immutable record of heritage. Her cousin in California could verify it. Her uncle in Chennai could trace their lineage forward. Six generations of stories lived in this moment. Distance meant nothing when roots ran this deep, when technology carried culture across oceans, when family chose to remember together.