Home Myself:   Visit my Blog on Yahoo! 360°, or Google Talk with me at kartik.pandya at gmail dot com Hello! I am Kartik, but you can call me with whatever the name you like. I am a Scorpio. And that's all you wanna know! I was born on Nov 21, 1975 in Vadodara, nowadays a wellknown city in Western India. I spent all my childhood and youth in Vadodara. I know Gujarati (which is my first language), English, Hindi, Urdu (or parts of it), Java (which is my second language), C#, C++ and C (which I have known since pre-school!). I am a true Hindu, and I believe that Hinduism gives me a liberty to think and believe whatever I think is right. This brings down to the following 5 principles that I have believed and respected all my life: 1. Be ethical. Keep your moral level high enough so that you never need to be ashamed of yourself. You do not have a right to seize anything from anyone that you cannot return; 2. Never harm anyone or anything, unless he or she or it starts first; 3. Never apologize when you're not at fault; 4. There are no wrong desision, it's only a perception of the others that make you think that way. One always encounters a bifurcation in his or her life, and you choose one way over the other - without knowing the outcome of either! Just make sure you learn from the mistakes you made in the past, and continue with your instinct. I believe that you should do what your instinct tells you to do. 5. The capital punishment should be abolished. Globally. Hanging someone is nothing less than a murder. Punishment is necessary, and the purpose of a punishment is to teach someone a lesson. If you hang somebody, it takes his/her life, but does not teach a lesson! I do not believe in Hell or Heaven. You always do what you think is good for *you*. And no one can judge you on your actions - then how can there be a Hell or Heaven? No one has actually been to either of the places, so there is no proof! Consequently, I have to agree that I do not believe in God as well! I do believe in a centralized or distributed source of power that runs everything, but to call *it* God - does not make sense! [Actually, I do not really care if you do not follow or agree with above! But we can surely have a debate on these ;) ] I (merely) passed my Bachelor of Computer Science from Maharaja Sayajirao University in 1998. I passed my Masters of Computer Science from University of Massachusetts Boston in 2000. I love to work with Java, Object Oriented Software Design, User Interface Design and Usability. I love designing and deriving software theories and I love to code in Java. On the contrary, I am a fan of Microsoft and Bill Gates - and the way he has started to become my idol - at least, professionally! I currently work for Manhattan Associates in Burlington, MA. I work in the field of J2EE/WebServices based Supply Chain Management solutions. Nice company, nice people, nice atmosphere and excellent pay. Recently, I bought a new Suzuki Katana 600. It is an amazing ride, I already have 300+ miles on it! Here is a picture of the bad boy next to a good boy ;) I drive a 2000 Chrysler Concorde - a beautiful car! I hate Hondas, Toyotas and Nissans - although, I do like Infiniti G35 and Toyota Solara Convertible. My dream car is BMW M3 Convertible. My most updated contact details are here My family: I am from a small family of 4 - my dad (Dhikant Pandya), mom (Sudha Pandya), my younger bro (Vastav) and me. They live in Vadodara, India. I miss them a lot. My dad works for IPCL as a senior manager. Mom used to work as a lecturer in Language college - now she is a cheer-leader of our family. My brother is doing his undergrad and rest of the time enjoying the life! My friends: [Please do not feel bad if your name does not appear here (or appears here, and you want it to be removed). Frankly, let me know and I will immediately update this page.;)] Voh kagaz ki kashti, voh barish ka pani: Bhavesh (Patlo), Kaushik (Davli), Kartikey (KP), Bhavesh (Metto), Pushpa (Pusi), Dipali (Dipli), Kavita (Kavi), Alka (Halka!), Shital (She-Tall) Close Six: Dhruti (Dhutu), Dhwanit (Ghaniyo), Maulin (Mullo), Piyush (Pipoodi), Meghna (Ghudi, Mrs. Dhwanit Joshi), Tanvi (Tanu) Puraani Jeans aur Guitar!: Sanjay (Baba), Maulin (Mullo), Chirag (Rathod), Bhavin (Patel), Vatsal (Bholiyo), Chinmay (Chiniyo), Yatin (Bappi) Miss you a lot: Deepa. Central Perk: Dhruti (Dhutu), Nikunj (Hurly, the guy with a 1000 names), Ruchi (Rooo-Chi), Amish (Amtho), Shishir (Buffy), Bhavna (Deshprem ki Bhavna), Jignesh (Bapu), Rashmi ("Ba"?), Ketal ("Aaagaaaz"), Kandarp (Chop-stick), Prasoon (Bart), Vikas (Pra), Shantanu (Shan) Boston Group: Shital, Alok, Lily, Rahul (Trinko), Mallika (Our resident dentist), Ruchi, Vibhuti, Priti (Miss Techo), Shashin (Chhedasaheb), Srinivas (Shirin), Jankiram, Raman, Saket, Naveen (Parliament guy), Sunil (A&F), Bipin (A&F II), Ron, Venu (PeterPan), IONA Group: Srini, Hari, Dave, Matt, Pedro, Stan, Frank, Ray, Jorge, Amy, Sandhya Manh Group: Prasad, Snehal, Nemi, Cope, Naresh, Anuja, Nuzhat, Sandhya, Amit Jain, Rajesh My hobbies: I love to work. Computer Science is my favorite hobby. Look at my /dev/null for a few things I wrote as a pass time. I love Indian Classical Music. Pundit N Datar (violin), Pundit Shivkumar Sharma (santoor), Prabha Atre (vocal), Ustad Raashid Khan (vocal) and Pundit Brijbhushan Kabra (Guitar) are my all time favorites. Guns N' Roses are my favorite band and Bob Seger is my favorite singer. Roll me away ... I love to listen to melodious old and new Hindi Film songs. Late Mohd Rafi (the best singer ever), Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan and Kavitha Krishnamurthy are my first choices. I love to drive. I can drive continuously for 20 hours without a sinlge minute of sleep. I have a dream of driving from Boston to LA - without a halt! I love talking, debating and arguing. Essentially, forcing others to believe in what I believe. I love to spend a nice afternoon at Dunkin' Donuts with a large cup of coffee and you know what!
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