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This memoir is about the life of a man who was uprooted at the age of 24 and transplanted into a location where the surrounding was different from that he was used to while growing

This memoir is about a man who was uprooted at the age of 24 from culture, society, environment, business systems, living style, and diet and transplanted into a location where those things were different. It describes his life before and after the transplantation. It also describes how an ordinary and elementary school-educated farmer’s son, living a very basic life in a small village in India, gets an education, comes to America, gets further education, and becomes a successful professional, uplifts, with the help of his complementary life partner, family living standards, and raises two successful physician children.

This memoir presents a proven road map, for people planning to get transplanted or newly transplanted in the promised land of America, on how to establish roots in America and thrive. It is especially more relevant to men and women from India. This memoir also provides, for people already successfully transplanted in the promised land of America and thriving, a structured content format for those who want to write his/her own life stories.

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Publié par	iUniverse
Date de parution	06 juillet 2023
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781663251879
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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LIFE STORY OF A TRANSPLANTED MAN

A MEMOIR

VALLABH DHUDSHIA

LIFE STORY OF A TRANSPLANTED MAN
A MEMOIR

Copyright © 2023 Vallabh Dhudshia.

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ISBN: 978-1-6632-5188-6 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6632-5346-0 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-6632-5187-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023905103

iUniverse rev. date: 06/30/2023

This memoir is dedicated to my life partner, Manju; my daughter, Neha; my son, Neel, and daughter-in-law, Charlotte; my grandchildren Austin, Abigail, and Cooper; and future generations to come.
CONTENTS
Preface
1. Forefathers
1.1 Proud Roots
1.2 Courageous and Unyielding Grandparents
1.3 Visionary and Inspiring Parents
2. Emerging Child
2.1 Primitive Childhood
2.2 Elementary School Education
2.3 Middle School Education (June 1953–June 1956)
2.4 High School Education (June 1956–June 1958)
3. Maturing Man
3.1 Junior College Education (June 1958–April 1960)
3.2 Engineering College Education (June 1960–April 1963)
4. Pre-Transplantation Activities
4.1 Initial Thoughts about Transplantation into America
4.2 Planning for Transplantation into America
4.3 Uprooting from the Land of Birth
4.4 On the Way to the Promised Land: America
5. Freshly Transplanted in the Promised Land: America
5.1 Initial Shock of the Transplantation
5.2 Postgraduate Education at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois (September 1963–December 1964)
5.3 Rough Period Looking for a Job
5.4 First Job at F. J. Littell Machine Company, Chicago, Illinois
6. Getting a Complementary Life Partner
6.1 Old Customs
6.2 Childhood Engagement
6.3 Early Thoughts and Choices for a Complementary Life Partner
6.4 Meeting Manju for the First Time
6.5 Engagement with Manju
6.6 Manju’s Arrival in America (September 19, 1965)
6.7 Marrying Manju
7. Putting Roots Deeper in the Transplanted Land
7.1 Working Life at Foster Wheeler Corporation (June 1965–September 1972)
7.2 Getting Doctorate Degree at New York University
7.3 Working Life at Xerox Corporation (September 1972–April 1984)
7.4 In Between Xerox Corporation and Texas Instruments Inc.
7.5 Working Life at Texas Instruments Inc. (1986–2001)
7.6 Well-Established, Mature Transplanted Man
7.7 Putting Root Deeper in the Living Domain of the transplanted land
8. Spare- and Leisure-Time Endeavors
8.1 Self-Development
8.2 Stock Market Investments
8.3 Real Estate Investments
8.4 Small Businesses
8.5 Worldwide Travel
9. Enablers
9.1 Caring Uncles and Aunts
9.2 Supportive Siblings
9.3 Other Siblings
9.4 Generous In-Laws
9.5 Enriching Friends
9.6 Inspiring Teachers and Professors
10. Nurturing Next Generations
10.1 Pride of Parenting Neha and Neel
10.2 Welcoming Charlotte Cooper into the Dhudshia Family
10.3 Becoming a Grandparent
11. Paying Back
11.1 To Adopted Motherland
11.2 For Improving Family Economic Condition
11.3 To Birth Motherland: India
11.4 To Hinduism
12. Community and Professional Linkages
12.1 Gita Forum
12.2 DFW Hindu Temple Society
12.3 Dallas Indian Lions Club
12.4 Interest Groups
12.5 Professional Societies
13. Pivotal Points That Could Have Changed the Course of My life
13.1 Personal Choices
13.2 Family Situations
14. Top Memorable Events in Detail
14.1 Abusing and Humiliating Encounter
14.2 Temporary Short Refugee Migration
14.3 Persistent Father and a Lucky Break
14.4 Gutsy Decision and Godsent Help
14.5 First Thanksgiving in America
14.6 Getting American Citizenship
14.7 The Day Emptying Our Nest Began
14.8 Heart Operation (July 12, 2004)
14.9 Lifetime Achievements, Rewards, and Recognitions
15. Summary of the Factors That Helped Me, a Transplanted Man, to Thrive
16. Passing Legacy
PREFACE
When we dig out a mature tree and transplant it to a new location, we do not know what will happen to it. Will it reestablish its roots at the new location? Will it adjust to the new soil and ecosystem? Will it grow, bloom, and bear fruits at the transplanted location?
Similarly, when you remove a mature man from his culture, society, environment, business systems, or living style, and transplant him to a new location, where all these things are different from what he was used to while growing up, will he survive the shock of the transplantation and thrive at the transplanted location?
I see millions of men and women who have been transplanted into the promised land of America (like I was). Some of them made it to the top of society, and some didn’t. Every one of them has a sensational story of their life. This memoir is about my life story, about an ordinary man who was uprooted at the age of twenty-four from his culture, society, environment, business systems, living style, and diet, and was transplanted into a location where those things were different. It describes my life before and after the transplantation. It also describes how an ordinary and elementary school-educated farmer’s son, living a very primitive life in a small village in India, gets an education, comes to America, gets further education, and becomes a successful professional who uplifts his family’s living standards and raises two successful children who are now physicians.
The prime objective of writing this memoir is to leave something behind for my grandchildren and generations to come. I want them to know their roots and their ancestor who came to America. From where did he come to America? How much did he struggle to establish roots and thrive in America?
The other two objectives for writing this memoir are:
(i) to provide a road map for newly transplanted people, coming into the promised land of America, on how to establish roots in America and thrive. I have used the road map, and it worked superbly for me. It is especially more relevant to transplanted men and women from India.
(ii) to provide a guideline and format for those who want to write his/her own life stories.
The material presented in this memoir is based on:
(i) my personal diary and notes
(ii) whatever I heard from my elders
(iii) whatever I showed, understood, remembered, and experienced during my life so far
A few inaccuracies may have sneaked in unintentionally.
This memoir about my life cannot be told without including my life partner Manju’s contribution to my life. I am grateful to her for being a part of my life. Her contributions make this story a mix of my story and ours.
I am grateful to my elders who shared their memories with me. Specifically, I am grateful to my brother, Devraj, for collecting, compiling, and presenting information about our family roots, family tree, and the history of my hometown, Shapur. I am also grateful to all my relatives, friends, teachers and professors, employers, managers and supervisors, and colleagues whose names I have referred to in this memoir.
Finally, I am also grateful to the iUniverse staff for editorial and publishing support for this memoir.
—Vallabh H. Dhudshia, PhD
1
FOREFATHERS
1.1 PROUD ROOTS
I was born and raised in a Kadwa Patidar (also known as Kadwa Kanabi or Kadwa Patel) Hindu family living in a small village called Shapur, in Gujarat, India. My family roots go all the way to the origin of Hindus. There are many theories about the origin of Hindus. Based on available historical records and credible evidence, the most realistic approach indicates that all Hindus came to India in 1500 BC from the Pamir region on the Ayu River in central Asia (in Azerbaijan) via the Caucasus Mountains and Afghanistan, as shown in the map below. At that time, they were called Aryans, and not Hindus. Their religion was not called Hinduism. At that time, they worshipped controlling natural forces like the sun, moon, wind, fire, water, rain, etc. They believed in one god, Brahman, and their religion was known as Sanatan dharma, Aryan dharma, or Vedic dharma. They rode horses and invented chariots. They used the swastika as a symbol of divinity and spirituality.

The Aryans spoke a highly developed language, which is referred to as Proto-Indo-European (PIE). The PIE is the mother of Sanskrit, Latin, and most European languages. Sanskrit is the language of most Hindu scriptures. It is also the mother of most North Indian languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, etc.
When they came to India, they settled on the plains of a big river, which they named Sindhu (which means “big l