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Vivek Narasayya -- Personal Information
Personal Information
I'm a graduate student in the Deptarment of Computer Science at the
University of Washington.
My roots
My home town is a small place called Sakleshpur, in the state of
Karnataka
in India. Back in 1956,
after his retirement, my grandfather bought some land near Sakleshpur and
developed a coffee estate. The area around Sakleshpur is ideal for growing
coffee, and most of the coffee grown and exported by India comes from this
region. It's a mountainous region with volcanic soil and heavy (100+ inches
a year) rainfall. The estate is now being run by my parents. One day, I'll
be there too.
I grew up in Bangalore
(formerly known as the Garden City -- now known as the Silicon City),
which is the capital of Karnataka. It's about 150 miles east of
Sakleshpur. Bangalore has changed a whole lot in the past 5 years,
with all those high-tech multinationals opening shop and pouring in
big bucks.
Other Stuff
Indiaworld has up to date news from
India, and articles from Indian newspapers and magazines.
My interests
- I'm a sports junkie.
- I love reading. Some of the topics I'm interested in these days
are evolution, science fiction and quantum mechanics. Here are some
authors.
- I like good movies and bad movies.
- I like coffee.