Periodically, the Spy has dived into old newspaper databases to share how outsiders have viewed Talbot County from afar. We’ve brought up stories from the likes of the Washington Post and New York Times to share first-hand accounts of impressions of our community from back in the day, which has proven to be very popular with our readers.
More recently, we felt it would be just as interesting to have contemporary viewpoints, particularly from those coming to the Mid-Shore from very different cultures than ours. And though our good fortune, the Spy was introduced to Himanshu Dutt who recently found himself working in Easton in various roles over the span of three years in the field of architecture.
Himanshu, twenty-one years old at the time, had just graduated with a degree from Chandigarh College of Architecture, decided to expand his education with an internship in the United States. And through the luck of the draw, found his way to Easton, Maryland to join a local firm. That initial contact led to other opportunities which found Dutt, a very young man of color, in a small community known for its aging population.
As he prepares to leave to return to his native India permanently, the Spy caught up with him at the Bullitt House for an exit interview.
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