[music] >> I'm not Tibetan. I did not grow up in the Himalayas. I was born and brought up in a small village in the southern state of Kerala. Yet, for the last several years, I have been fascinated by and have been studying a part of the world I have never been to. And I might not be able to either. The rooftop of the world, the water tower of Asia, Tibet. Today, I'm standing in front of you not as an expert. I'm not one. I'm not speaking as a geopolitical strategist or an analyst or a spokesperson. No. Tod ...