Family

Well, that's when the four of us decided to venture into a studio to get ourselves photographed!! That's my amma and appa standing while allowing my brother and myself to sit comfortably during the photo shoot. If, in case you are wondering what my family is upto, here is some information foryou...

My dad, V. S. Rajangam, works as a marketing consultant for building products. He loves travelling so much so that he dosen't mind getting lost in transit (Well, that is an inside joke, not many of you are going to understand it)!! One other thing he loves doing is getting both his sons out of the bed early in the morning. He comes up with such ingeneous ideas that any dad/mom viewing this page should make it a point to email him (gitarajangam [at] yahoo.co.in) to get advise!

My mom, Gita Rajangam, decided to quit her job as a bank officer to nurture her sons. She now repents doing that because inspite of her constant care, both her sons have turned into absolute morons!! She loves to do almost everything in this world; given a chance, she might even consider replacing me in graduate school.

Now, here comes the big guy, my younger brother, Prashant Bharadwaj!! A lazy-lubber, couch-potato, lotus-eater and what not; Prashant has the amazing ability of procastinate things to the last minute and still getting it done on time. Prashant is a Bio-Technologist by profession and he is currently pursuing a PhD in the molecular biology of Alzheimer's disease at CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia. Apparently, he had the so-called "engineering brains" right from childhood. I guess, my extended family inferred this when they saw him terrorizing people with a screw-driver and mallet when he was barely two years old!! I don't think he has a website of his own, but if he has one in the future, I should have the link for that somwhere here.

And finally, that's me, Shrikant Bharadwaj. I decided to pose a very professional look for the photograph, but it turned out as pathetic as ever!! Anyways, you have probably seen a lot of me by now. If you are still not fulfilled, go again to my main page and follow the routine!!!

There is one other important person who is not featured in this picture - my wife, Charanya Ramachandran. Charan is pursuing her PhD at the IU School of Optometry, Bloomington, working on the molecular biology of cell-cell interactions in corneal endothelium and trabecular meshwork (stuff, that is way too cool, but beyond my level of understanding!!). We met nine years back at the Elite School and we got married in February 2006. I am still waiting for a good picture of all five of us that could replace the exisiting one!

If you are curious to know, how both Prashant and myself ended up with a surname while my parents did not, here is the answer. My mom and dad decided to have kids when they were in Bombay (now called, Mumbai). It is customary to ask for ones surname first if you live anywhere in the north of India. Aad Nav Kai???, is how you would ask for a person's surname, if you knew to speak Marathi!!! My parents did not want their sons to be groping for an answer if such a question was posed. Hence, they decided to donne us with a surname, Bharadwaj after our gothram!!

You know what, there are other good things that my family is upto. If you want to know more, you can either choose to email them at gitarajangam [at] yahoo.co.in or myself at bharadwaj [at] gmail.com

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