I'm a single mom who left the chaos of the city to raise my daughter in a yoga town in the Himalayas Amrisha Agarwal moved to Rishikesh with her daughter, Lavenia, to escape the rat race of city life. Amrisha Agarwal Amrisha Agarwal moved to Rishikesh, a town in the Himalayas, with her daughter in 2019. She opened a café, where she serves dishes to a diverse clientele. Agarwal said the peace and quality of life she found have been instrumental in her daughter's upbringing. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Amrisha Agarwal, a 36-year-old café owner in Rishikesh, India. It has been edited for length and clarity. I was born and raised in Kolkata, a populous city in India's far eastern state of West Bengal. I was married there, gave birth to my daughter there, and built a brand consultancy with my ex-husband. But I've always dreamed of moving out of the city. When I visited Rishikesh, a quiet town in northern India, it was clear that this was the place I'd been searching for.…