Browsing Posts in India – 2008

Tweet With the Mathru kids of course! And I’m sure Aysha, Kaleem, and Saurabh feel the same way. I know we’re not supposed to get too attached to the kids but why don’t you try coming to the Mathru School and we’ll see how you fare! When you first enter the school, you can’t help [...]

Tweet ..And we love it. “Are you comfortable?” asks Ms. Muktha. “Make yourselves comfortable, be free!” she insists. That’s what our whole experience has been about! People at both Microsoft Research India and the Mathru School have been working real hard at trying to make us comfortable… whether its food, facilities, comfort, or basic affection [...]

Tweet Saturday, May 24, 2008 – Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Lots of people, lots of cars, lots of trees, and a nice cool breeze – that’s what I noticed when I got out of the brand new Bangalore airport at 6:30 in the morning. We had just completed a 12-hour journey with a transit in [...]

Tweet May 22 – May 25, 2008           After leaving San Francisco Airport it finally hit me that I was going to Bangalore, India. I sat down in my aisle seat and realized that I would not be able to watch the Celtics and Pistons game. Instead British Airways was offering me a variety of [...]