Born in Indore.
Counting only places/houses/schools I’ve been for atleast 6 months.
Till 1981: (As heard from my parents) lived in Indore, Ujnait/Khurai, Lalitpur, Pondicherry & Vardha => 6 houses?!? Playchools.
1982, 83,84: Lived in New Amsterdam and Berbice (in Guyana). I remember 3 houses……. 3 schools.
1984-1985: Sagar (MP, India) for 6 months. 1 house. 1 school.
1985-1988: San Fernando & Port of Spain (in Trinidad). 3 houses. 2 schools.
1988-89: Sagar (MP, India). 1 house. 1 school.
June 1990 – June 96: Indore (MP, India). 2 houses. 2 schools + 1 college.
July 1996 – June 2001: Bombay (Maharashtra, India). IITB. 4 hostel rooms: 122, 110, 234, 257.
Sept 2001 – May 2002 : Bangalore. 1 house. Working with TI.
June 2002 – March 2004: Pune. 2 houses. Working with Cradle.
April 2004 – Aug 2006: Bangalore. 3 houses in Bangalore. Working with Broadcom.
Aug 2006 – present: Moved house again and been there since – other than a 5 month stint in Indore when Goosh was born. And Still with Broadcom…
LOLed at you remembering your hostel room numbers! Got dizzy reading about your moving around!
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