# @shivikaapratap on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbqoKHXDGsv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68792592-shivikaapratap-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d6958c9ec0.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-05T17:01:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shivika Pratap (@shivikaapratap) — https://gondola.cc/shivikaapratap

## Caption

Ten years ago, when I first moved to the UK, I thought it was just a pit stop.

A short chapter. A few years, maybe. Then back to what I knew.

Who knew a decade later, I’d still be here, still building, still living, still breathing this life I didn’t plan for.

Looking back now, I realise I can’t call one place home.

Because home was never a place. It’s a feeling.

A feeling of belonging, even when you start with zero history somewhere. A feeling of safety, when everything around you is unfamiliar. A feeling of purpose, that grows the longer you stay and build.

And slowly, without realising it, you build that history. You build that community. You build that comfort.

I used to think home was something you leave and go back to. Now I know, home is something you carry. It travels with you, wherever you build it next.

This is what it means to be an immigrant who built a life thousands of miles from where they started. 🌍

#immigrantlife #immigrantstories #homeaway #immigrantentrepreneur #lifeabroad

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## Tags

immigrantstories, immigrantlife, immigrantentrepreneur, lifeabroad, homeaway

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