The Satpathy family is originally from the rural areas of present day Bengal. My ancestors have lived and farmed in and around the village of Jamboni in the Medinapur district of West Bengal since the early 1700s. Now only my grandfather's younger brother and his family live and farm the family's land in Jamboni. The rest of the family has migrated to the cities of India and the USA.

We are Oriya brahmins by birth. Our mother tongue is Oriya, a language as old as the other North Indian languages like Hindi. Take a look at the web site of Samaj to see what the Oriya script looks like. Samaj is the leading Oriya daily newspaper published in Orissa.

I plan to put together a complete (as complete as we can make it) family tree with the help of my grandfather. I will post it here as soon as I can.

Satpathy

Sisir Kumar Satpathy

My grand father, Sisir Kumar Satpathy, was born in the year 1918. He is a kind hearted, quite man. He has been a farmer, a teacher, a school Head Master among other things. Today, he is the eldest in the family. It is strange but my grand father is the eldest child and a son, so is my father and I.



My grandfather

Manorama Satpathy

My grand mother, Manorama Satpathy, is an avid reader. It is she who instilled in me the love of a good tale. She is in her late seventies now but still reads voraciously. She reads in English, Oriya, Bengali and Hindi. I can only only read English. Sometimes I wonder about how much I am missing because of my lack of linguistic skills.

Didi, as well call here, is an accomplished lady. For as long as I can remember she has hand knitted all our woollen clothes. She used to beg, borrow and steal patterns to use in her creations. She is also a fantastic cook. He Ilish Match Jhoal is still my favorite.


My grandmother

Binoy Ranjan Satpathy

Binoy Ranjan Satpathy was born on December 25, 1942. He did his schooling in the village primary school in Chilkigard, the village next to ours, Jamboni. He went on to earn a engineering degree in Metallurgy from Simbur college, Howrah.

He joined Rourkela Steel Plan in 1964 as a trainee engineer. He left Rourkela Steel Plant in early 2001 as the Executive Director (Works). He is now retired though he actively consults in his field.


My dad with his grandson

My father built his dream home in Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar, a few years before he retired from SAIL.


The name of my parent's house in Bhubaneswar


My parent's house in Bhubaneswar

Suarama Satpathy

My mother, Surama Satpathy, was born Surama Dash. She was the second daughter and fourth child of late DurgaPrasannaDash & SwarnalathaDash. She is a lecturer in Chemistry and currently works in Bani Bihar College, Bhubaneswar.


My mother with Mamli & Bablu in Srisailam


My parents with their grandson

Gautam Satpathy

My name is Gautam Satpathy. I am 34 years old this year. I was born in the city of Rourkela in 1971. Did my schooling there in Ispat E.M. Public School before going to IIT Kharagpur for my engineering degree in Energy Engineering. I was recruited on campus by Tata Consultancy Services. After college I went to Calcutta to join them.

After completing my initial training at TCS Calcutta, I took a transfer to TCS Hyderabad. Moved to Hyderabad in 1996 and have been here ever since. Now I work as a Development Manager for Oracle Hyderabad.

I am married to Padmaja Satpathy. We have two kids, Durgesh Nandini Satpathy and Jyotiraditya Satpathy.

My parents, Binoy Ranjan Satpathi & Surama Satpathy, live in Bhubaneswar. My paternal grandparents, Sisir Kumar Satpathy and Manorama Satpathy, live with them. My father is now retired though he consults in his field (Steel making etc). My mother is a lecturer of Chemistry at Bani Bihar College, Bhubaneswar.

I have a younger sister, Gayatri Satpathy. She is married to Samarendra Misra and they reside in New Jersey with their two daughters, Meghna Misra and Sacchi Mishra.

My personal blog is here.


Holding my new born son for the very first time

Padmaja Satpathy

My wife, Padmaja (or Gunu), is a software engineer by trade. She is also from Rourkela. Her father Sudhakar Padhi is currently Executive Director Planning & Material Management, Rourkela Steel Plant. Padmaja hold an Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from REC Rourkela (now NIT or National Institute of Technology, Rourkela). She works for the Steel Authority of India in their Hyderabad Software Development Center.

She is a lovely person. A loving mother & wife, a great home maker and a damn good cook :-)

Padmaja's mother is Manjula Padhi. She, Padmaja, has a younger brother name Rohan Padhi or Gulu. Gulu recently got married. See Gulu's Marriage for photographs of his marriage.


Padmaja Satpathy or Gunu

Durgesh Nandini Satpathy (Mamli)

Durgesh Nandini Satpathy (Mamli) is our first child. She is now 6 years old and attends Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan's Public School in Jubilee Hills. She will start class 2 in June 2005.


Durgesh Nandini Satpathy or Mamli


Mamli on New Year's Eve, 2004


Mamli with Bablu


Prathamastami Pooja

Jyotiraditya Satpathy (Bablu)

Jyotiraditya or Bablu is our second child and he turned 1 in March 2005. He is as naughty as most children his age and we love him.


Bablu on his 1st Birthday


Bablu


Bablu ready to go and play downstairs


Potty Training in progress :-)

The Misras

Gayatri Satpathy

Gayatri (Mani) is my little sister. She is about 11 months younger than me. We used to fight a lot when we were kids. Padmaja, my wife, and Gayatri were in high school together and were the best of friends.

Mani married Samar is Feb 1996. They were married in our old house (C-23) in sector 3, Rourkela. She completed her MSc. in Chemistry in May 1996 and left to join Samar in New Jersey. They had their first chld, Meghna (Meghu) in Jan 2000. Their second child, Saahi (Chikoo)  was born in November 2004.


Gayatri with her kids

Mani, send me a better picture. This is the only decent one I could find and I am not too happy with it. It is too dark.

Samarendra Mishra

I am going to ask Mani to fill in this section. That can happen only after the site is up. I will just say here that Samar is very nice person and perfect for my sister :-)


Samar with kids

Meghna Mishra

Meghu, Meghu, Meghu !!! Thou art a princeses, indeed. And we all love you very much. I am Meghu's "Mamu" (mother's brother). Mamus are supposed to pamper their nieces silly. I don't get much chance of pampering either of my nieces. I only see them when they visit or when I am in the US. The last was in November 2003. Hopefully Mani and family will visit India later this year (2005)

Mani, please add to this section too.


Meghna (Meghu)

Saachi Mishra

I haven't seen the youngest member of the family other than in digital photographs. She is a beautiful baby and I look forward to seeing her and dangling her on my knee. Chikoo, as Saachi is called at home, looks a lot like my mother.

Mani, please add to this section too.


Saachi (Chikoo)


Meghu & Chikoo

Padhi

Sudhakar Padhi

Sudhakar Padhi is my father-in-law. He is an engineer and is currently the Executive Director - Planning & Materials Management at Rourkela Steel Plant.


My father-in-law holding Bablu for the first time


My father-in-law and I in "Once Upon A Time"


My father & Mother-in-law with Bablu & Mamli in Rourkela, May 2004

Manjula Padhi

Padmaja's mother, Manjula Padhi, Manju for short, is a very special lady and a great mother-in-law!


My mother-in-law with Mamli & Bablu (May, 2004)


My mother-in-law with Mamli

Rohan Padhi

The saala!!! Brother-in-laws are called Saala in Hindi and in Oriya (slightly more stress on the first 'a' in the case of Oriya but otherwise the same pronounciation). Saala is also a derogatory slang to throw at idiots who drive slow cars and cut infront of you when you are late for that meeting with the boss. You get the general idea, right?

Despite the unfortunate but unavoidable fact of being my saala, Rohan is a cool guy. We call him Gulu at home. He too studied in Ispat E. M. Public School (about 6 years below me). Got his degree in Electrical engineering from REC Rourkela (now NIT Rourkela). Joined Cognizant Technologies (CTS) in Calcuta (I prefer the old spelling! Do your worst, Budhadev!). Decided to get an MBA after two years. Went to FMS Delhi and chased the girls there (I hope) for a couple of years. Somehow managed to get a piece of paper with MBA on it next to his name. Conned the folks at CSC to give him a job at Indore. Got tired of the girls in Indore after a couple of years and decided to go back to his old company, CTS. This time in Pune, Maharastra. By this time his parents have had enough and decided that it was time to get the nut married. Finally he did get married to Nupur (poor girl) on May 4, 2005. To see his ugly mug getting married, click here.


Rohan Padhi (Gulu)


Gulu with Gunu and Bablu

Nupur Padhi

What can I say? She married my saala! I warned her but she didn't listen. On her head be it!

Nupur was born Nupur Diwedi. Her parents stay in Bhubaneswar, a couple of kilometers from my parents place. She has a MCA degree and works for Tata Consultancy Services at Pune. Actually she was with TCS in Bombay (so much better than Mumbai! Do your worst Thakrey and the other lunatics!) but got a transfer to Pune as soon as she got engaged to Gulu. Most probably to keep an eye on the nut. He does tend to need help finding his feet the first thing in the morning. She definitely wouldn't want to endure his company for more time than was necessary, right? I am right, right? I am, I know it! Anyway, off she trotted to Pune and ... Well, the less said the better. You never know who is reading this, right?


Nupur