What was life like growing up in Kerala before television, computers, mobile phones, and the internet? What did it take for a young man from India to venture halfway around the world to a country he knew almost nothing about?

In The Boy Who Chose a Globe, Dr. Kuriakose takes readers on a personal journey from his childhood in Travancore, through his medical education in Trivandrum, to his arrival in America in 1970 and a long career as a physician in New York.

Along the way, he brings to life a Kerala that has largely disappeared: ancestral homes, village traditions, extended families, everyday customs, and a society on the threshold of profound change. With warmth, humor, and vivid recollections, he describes the challenges of medical education, the uncertainties of emigration, and the surprises of adapting to American life.

More than an immigrant's success story, this memoir is a record of changing times, cultures, and generations. It traces an extraordinary transformation in the way people travel, communicate, work, and live—from handwritten letters and telegrams to smartphones and Instagram.

For readers who remember the Kerala of the 1940s through the 1970s, this book offers a journey into a familiar past. For younger generations, including Indians living abroad, it opens a window into the lives and experiences of their parents and grandparents.

A story of memories, migration, medicine, and the remarkable changes witnessed in one lifetime.