My first feature as a contributing editor on the masthead of Condé Nast Traveler is a particularly meaningful one: I spent a week exploring Uzbekistan, a country where my forefathers lived before migrating to India during the heyday of the Silk Road. With help from Zulya Rajabova of Silk Road Treasure Tours, I was able to follow in my ancestors’ footsteps across Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara—and you can join me in the December issue of Condé Nast Traveler.