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Hi Everyone, I am Saranya living in Tampa, Florida. I am in my second year of MSIT program. I am basically from Tamil Nadu, India, which is very well known for its culture and heritage. My mother tongue is Tamil, which is one of the longest surviving classical languages. I moved from the land of heritage to the land of opportunities (USA) in 2014. I have been in Tampa since then and call it my second home.
I obtained my bachelors degree in IT back at home in 2007. 14 years later, thousands of miles away, I am here now, pursuing my Masters. Apart from studies, I am a mom of two boys and working full-time as a database administrator in a banking company. I love reading and hoarding books. The smell of new and old books gives me an elated joyfulness. Currently, I am reading “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, which had been in my to-read list for long. As you could understand from the title of this post, I love children’s books and reading to kids.
Digital media course interests me because I believe it would tickle my creativity nerve. Audio and video editing sound exciting and I would like to learn the nuances behind it.
As much as I love United States as an immigrant, I also value my home and will never forget my roots. This makes me to celebrate all the American and Indian festivals. Last weekend, we celebrated a very important Indian harvest festival, Pongal, which you can refer as “Indian Thanksgiving”, where we offer thanks to Sun, farmers and farming animals. Below is the picture of the prayers (poojai), we did at our home 🙂 You can few Hindu deities, Indian vegetables, sugarcane, lamp, sugarcane and a home-made sweet dish in the pot.
Hi Saranya! I find it very cool that you decided to go back to college after being out of college for so long to get your MSIT degree like myself haha! Being so far from India, I hope that since you’ve been in the United States it has been a great experience and are able to visit family back home often! Also, your love of the smell of new and old books resonates with me. I previously worked at Stetson University’s duPont-Ball library where we had very old books in a special repository. If you’re ever in the DeLand area, I think you should check it out! Be sure to say you’re from FSU, the Dean is an alumni also!
Hi Saranya! I loved hearing about your culture and heritage. I had not heard of Tamil Nadu, India, but after reading your post, I went and read up a little and found that it has the second largest economy in India and that it is the most urbanized state in India. I am currently in my second to last semester in the MSI degree program and I currently work as a librarian. Reading about your passion for books also really resonated with me.
The picture of your poojai was truly beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. The link you shared on Pongal had a ton of really great information on the harvest festival.