August 16, 2005
August 16, 1991
India's Independence day always reminds me of another important day in my life. For the first time in my life, I left my parent's home to live on my own. I headed out to a place that couldn't have been farther away from home. It was about 10,000 miles away on the other side of the Earth. I can't imagine what my parents must have felt while saying those goodbyes. It will be very hard for me to do that with Ashwini, if I ever have to do it.
About 122,640 hours ago, I had arrived at JFK airport in New York. Can't believe that I have spent 40% of my life in USA.
Posted by Parag at August 16, 2005 12:18 PM | TrackBack
man .. you've been here a long time!
Posted by: anya at August 16, 2005 02:06 PMCongratulations! Nice way to calculate :) Remember Aug.01,2000...JFK again...I completed 5 years :-) Sat in a Jetta for the first time...almost exactly 4years later (Aug.6,2004) I got one for myself :-)
Posted by: deven at August 16, 2005 09:48 PMactually i went through very similar emotions earlier this week - though not as many hours under my belt. at this time of the year, i m sure its the same for the large number of indian graduate students who descend here for the fall semester.
Posted by: Aditya at August 18, 2005 05:04 PMparag,
I too share our independence day with you. 15 aug 98 I took flight from mumbai at around 1.30 am and landed in VA on 15 aug. I called you from airport, a collect call :)
again on 15 aug 99, I took same airline, same flight no. from mumbai, for Ohio.
