I had a childhood that was different from most children. I used to live with my grandfather (Dadu) and not with my parents. My family was of the opinion that I would do better with my grandfather. He was a lifelong teacher, having taught hundreds of children for free for years. A freedom fighter of the independence era, he was…
Seventeen-year-old me had entered the campus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT BHU) with starry eyes and big dreams. It was 2001 and my grandfather in all his wisdom had suggested that I pursue engineering. Computer science was slowly becoming all the rage and that is the field I had selected. There was a simple catch…
