This biography is a work in progress (like my life ...). Somewhere on this site
you'll find pictures of a chubby little baby whose cheeks seem to be too heavy for
its little face. That picture is black and white because we didn't have a camera then,
and the photographer had only the black and white version. Those were the days when
everyone was fussing around me (or so they tell me).
I grew up in Ahmedabad - a beautiful city in Western India (Gujarat), once famous for
its cotton industries. I have vivid memories of those times - playing games like indu,
thappo, langdi, gharghatta... Don't ask me what these are !
Settle down they said. Soon I replied.
Now settle down they said. Soon I replied.
And each time a new transcript came in, my parent would plead - settle down.
Soon I replied.
Soon came sooner than I thought when I met Amit
...
We came in touch in the Fall of 1998, when the leaves in New York were turning from green
to shades of bright yellow and fiery orange. These foliage colors were to bring different
colors in my life. Occasional emails and once in a blue moon phone calls soon turned to
daily emails and a strain of a telephone lines. He poppped the question in November, and
we tied the knot in December in the Western tradition (I do I do). We repeated the
ceremony in May with the Indian traditional way (saat phere). Which one is our real
marriage anniversary ? I really don't care as long as I get gifts both times
I still had couple of courses to go before I reached the finishing line. The courses
at Florida Atlantic University (Neural Networks
and Computer Security) along with my Thesis at LIU took me to my graduation on 25 May,
2000.
Since then, I am enjoying the sunshine (sometimes scorching heat) of Florida. One
of our memorable times soon thereafter was road trip we made from FL to Maine, but that
is another story...
I did my secondary from Ankur School, high school from GLS. Electronics and computers
always fascinated me, so I saw doing a BSc in Physics/Electronics as the next logical
step. When I graduated, my parents heaved sighs of relief thinking that I was done
with my studies.
I surprised them when I started working on my MSc. In due time that also ended and
graduated with distinction.
Turn of events led me to the US, and I started working on my MS in Computer Science from
Long Island University. As each semester passed, as I
was working out C problems, designing networks, churning out assignment papers, burning
mid-night oil for my terms, working my way through school, I could see the light at the
end of the tunnel leading to my graduation.
