SAMANATA NAIK

SAMANATA NAIK

My friendship with Ms. Samanata Naik, to whom the seventeenth post on this blog is dedicated, dates back to the fourth and fith grades at Indian School Muscat, Oman in the years 1991/92 and 1992/93 resepctively.

Though I lost touch with her after the fifth grade, we got back in touch after a gap of fourteen years, thanks to Orkut. However, the geographical distance (she is now in California and I'm in Mumbai) and our schedules don't permit us to chat with each other as often as we did when we first got back in touch.

Samanata, who has a variety of interests (including watching foreign language films and listening to various genres of music) moved to Dubai and then subsequently to the United States. She was in New York, where she majored in visual arts and graphic design, before moving to the west coast.

She then moved to San Jose State University to pursue her masters' degree in mass communications and now lives and works in San Francisco.

We have three things in common, apart from the Indian School Muscat connection. We are both Librans, we're both students of mass communication and we both have a younger sister whose names are coincidentally the same (Akanksha).

An extremely intelligent, mature and level-headed girl, Samanata is a rare combination of beauty and brains. She is a gem of a person. This bubbly, fun-loving woman, who is always in high spirits, is an excellent companion for a conversation. She has a fantastic sense of humour. If I were to describe her in one word, it would not be incorrect to call her a rock-star.

Born on the twenty-eighth day of the month of September, Samanata (also known as Sam) is diplomatic, urbane, romantic, charming, easygoing, sociable, idealistic and peaceable.

Here's wishing Samanata all the very best of luck, happiness and success in all her future endeavous and hope we keep in touch with each other.