Digboi: The Pulse of My Beginnings
Most people know Digboi as a footnote in a history textbook—the place where oil was first struck in Asia. To the outside world, it is a town of vintage British bungalows, old machinery, and dense golf greens. But to me, this place is the origin of my own story. Growing up here means understanding a very specific kind of quiet. It is a town where the heavy, humid air carries the faint, nostalgic scent of crude oil and damp earth, and where the surrounding rainforest doesn’t just border the town, but actively breathes with it. ...