Conversations with the Jambunathans Arjun Ramani

In this episode, the Jambunathan’s reflect on their grandchildren’s lives, becoming US citizens, and their goals for the future.

In this episode we discuss Jambunathan’s post-government career as chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange and director of Helio & Matheson. We also discuss Vatsala’s various technology-related hobbies that have given her the nickname “High-Tech Mother-in-Law” or HTML for short.

In this episode, the Jambunathans return back to Bombay.

The Jambunathans grow as a family with Jambunathan managed several government departments and Vatsala obtaining her MS and establishing her self as a teacher. Sriram and Suresh are born and Vatsala and Jambunathan go to London for some adventures.

In this episode, Vatsala takes us through her childhood and school days growing up as the youngest of 10 siblings. We learn about her parents’ influence in her life, the workings of the large household, and the siblings with whom she was closest. We also learn how she became interested in Bharatnatyam, her closest friends at school, and the moment she began to love geography.

In the fifth episode of Conversations with the Jambunathans, we switch to a rapid-fire Q+A format conversation to explore the key events of their early days as a married couple in several Maharashtra districts (Nasik, Sholapur, Osmanabad, and Aurangabad) and a brief stint in Bombay in between. We learn how the couple adjusted to married life, the story of their first car, and why Vatsala didn’t eat dosai for ten years. We learn about their joys like the birth of Sujatha and Suresh, as well as hardships like Vatsala’s heart surgery