Hello Sangam Mates,

In anticipation of our reunion, I went through the process of “Looking Back to Look Forward”. My “Rear View Mirror” flashed many memories of the terrain and distance covered. While the journey continues, its time to sit back, relax and enjoy the movie as we celebrate together.

The picture below is symbolic of how Sangam brought us and the community together.
However, the real “star” here was not the actress Jaya or Guddi in this picture or those two jovial fellows. The real star was the developing FRIENDSHIPS, as we sailed through 4+ years of hunkering down to do our course work or thesis. Continue reading “Recapping My Journey Since MIT (aka Sangam) Days – Amrat Lodhia” →

I was not impressed with what MIT looked like when I arrived in September 1970. It was (is) located in the city of Cambridge, not in the outskirts, like IIT Bombay. The campus looked crowded with buildings, not with open fields and a large lake, as was the case with my previous college. One saving grace was river Charles, which provided some scenery.

I was assigned a host family, comprised of Mr. and Mrs. Reedy and their four children. I stayed with them a night before coming to MIT.  Mr. Reedy was able to get me registered and signed up for a dorm room in the old Ashdown House, which provided on-campus graduate housing.

Continue reading “My first days at MIT: Ashok Boghani” →