It was my early days in Ames. It had been a hectic morning - any paper work always is hectic - with all the check in procedures, although, to be fair, the folks handling the entire thing were very very helpful. Having finished my lunch, I headed off to the department, eager to meet my PhD research advisors and labmates for the first time.
Our research group was small and nice - 5 graduate students and a post doc. "Hi, I am Pratik." An innocuous enough introduction on my part. Others introduced themselves too. When asked my full name, I replied "Pratik Kumar Ray". An eyebrow was raised; a slight smile flickered on a face. And I, the ever observant (??) fella, raised an enquiring eyebrow as well.
Pat came the answer from my Turkish labmate - You know, "Pratik", in Turkish, means "easy going", and "Kumar", in Turkish, means "gambler". And thus, the easy going gambler was born.
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Its nice Prat! keep going (Or rather KEEP EASILY GOING) :)
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