That brought back memories!

Royal Lane building! Old i2-ers will remember this building where many a line of code was pounded. The rumors those days ran rampant that products were not released from this building so much as they escaped!!!

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22 February 2023

Dallas friends – Baxter Nairon

I had not seen this gentleman – famously known for his dispassionate way of making a case or opposing one – for about two decades!!

If any of our old friends were worried about whether he has lost his nerdiness, I present the tattoo on his left arm!!!

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22 February 2023

Morning run in my old running paths

Went out for a quick run in familiar roads after a sharp spell of rains in Coppell.

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21 February 2023

Dallas friends – Bikash and Binti

Late dinner with Bikash and Binti. Interestingly enough, my connections with Bikash go back to Durgapur days!!

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20 February 2023

Dallas friends – Aniruddha and Indrani

Our oldest Bengali friends in Dallas. We got to know each other when Sharmila and Indrani were both studying in UT Arlington!

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20 February 2023

Alighting in Dallas

Will be spending a few days in Dallas – for work and then visiting old friends. This is where Sharmila and I spent our first half of married life. And the place where both the girls were born!

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18 February 2023

Jay Jay and I enjoying the evening

Watching all the people milling around and the kids running and playing all over the Green in downtown Alpharetta.

You know what made the evening really awesome? Grabbing a samosa from Curry Up Now and a glass of wine from Chiringa before both of us settled down!

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18 February 2023

I think some of the Rajib effect is rubbing off on Sharmila too!

You remember how serendipity hits me when I am expecting it the least during my travels as I run into people from my past? Seems like in a short 7 days’ trip to India, Sharmila got a taste of it too.

First she ran into our old friends – Sanjay and Anita from Dallas (now live in Phoenix) in a hotel. Then she ran into Joydeep (also from Dallas who now lives in Minneapolis) at the airline lounge. Finally, she ran into my friends from early childhood – Nirmalya and Rituparna – who now live in Houston – while waiting to board the flight back home!!!