Ravi Mehta Chapter 1: The Invitation Aarti Deshmukh sat at her cluttered desk in the small apartment she called home in Mumbai, staring blankly at the email on her laptop screen. The subject line read: “An Invitation to Witness the Northern Lights in Uttarakhand.” Her heart skipped a beat as she clicked open the message, the familiar rush of excitement and anxiety flooding her chest. She had been traveling for years, capturing the beauty of India in all its chaotic, colorful glory. From the beaches of Goa to the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, Aarti had seen it all—or so she…