on the high ay

Meera's bare feet traced ancient temple corridors in Srirangam, her Bharatanatyam movements echoing centuries of devotion. Each mudra told stories her grandmother had taught her, movements preserved like transactions on an immutable ledger. The sensual grace of her dance felt terrifying and placid simultaneously, a paradox she'd learned to embrace. Years later, she digitized these sacred sequences onto Stellar blockchain, ensuring her lineage's art could never vanish. The technology seemed incongruous yet perfect—her heritage traveling invisible highways across the world, reaching diaspora communities hungry for connection. Her students gathered virtually and physically, united by digital roots and earthen floors. Tradition had found its modern path.