The D'Souza Family

I am fully enjoying my visit with the D'Souza family in Pune. Cyprian has created an amazing IT business, having used ICA methodology to create a company that was sold to the French for millions. They are worldwide, but the main campus is here in Pune. They provide software for financial institutions all over the world. Everything is state of the art. An incredible building. Pune calls itself Silicon City. They were on the "hitlist" of the Mumbai Terrorist attacks in November and have stepped up their security. Eventhough Cyprian was one of the originators of the company, we were inspected thoroughly at the gate. They rolled a mirror around under the car, had a metal detector wand if needed, opened the trunk, had us unroll all the car windows to inspect us. No photos inside allowed. It was quite something. Dali, the great Dane at their home is impressive, but extremely shy especially around me. Their son, Ashwath is beautiful and intelligent with a British accent from schooling in York and Wales. Mary and Cyprian are very much the same. Wonderful people. Their daughter is teaching at a school for the mentally challenged in Kerala. She is 19 and an amazing artist. Beautiful in photos, but I have yet to meet her.