“116 – Red, White and Blue” is a personal reflection on what America has meant to me as someone born in India and raised in the United States. From overcoming prejudice to pursuing education, music, entrepreneurship, engineering, and artificial intelligence, this post explores why freedom, opportunity, and gratitude remain worth celebrating on America's 250th birthday.

In Blog 114, "Opportunity," Mani Midi reflects on America's 250th anniversary through the lens of his own journey, from arriving in the United States from India at the age of two to building a career in music, engineering, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, and space debris research. This Independence Day reflection is a message of gratitude for education, creativity, faith, and the opportunity to pursue a life of purpose.