Welcome, Pooja is always a good season in West Bengal, and that ought to be
true here, too!

I know your dad as "Nallu", but my delight at the opportunity to get to
know a child as an adult in her own right doesn't change. Can you tell
jokkus like your dad does?

Lots of love, Deepa (Deponti)


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Pooja Sastry <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hello! My name is Pooja. I studied architecture in Bangalore and Urban
> Planning in Ahmedabad, and learnt a few months ago that I could begin to
> call myself an architect-urban planner and my former professors by their
> first names.
>
> Until very recently, I was working full-time at an architecture firm in
> Bangalore, but I am currently between jobs. In the meantime, I freelance as
> an architect, or more frequently, as an interior designer. When projects
> come along, I work as a researcher for a start-up planning consultancy with
> some fellow alumni from planning school. I am also writing a
> paper-in-progress called "Poverty and Transport Accessibility in Bangalore:
> the need for a gendered perspective" which brings many of my interests
> together.
>
> I coach schoolchildren in Mathematics on the weekends, and really enjoy it.
> One child was very upset when I told her I would probably not be able to
> teach any more after this year. I would have rejoiced in her place, so
> although it puzzles me, I hope it's because the children enjoy it, too.
>
> Those on silk-list will know my father as Shiv, so Udhay has known me since
> I was little and I am lucky enough to have met many of you. I have been
> lurking on the list for two years, so I thought maybe I should finally
> de-lurk and say hello.
>

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