Dr Radha Sinha, 70
Returning to the roots
There could be several reasons why Andheri-resident Dr Radha Sinha decided to pursue an advanced certificate course in archaeology from the Centre for Extra Mural Studies (CEMS), University of Mumbai. For one, she has always wanted to pick up new skills, right from her childhood. Secondly, as she explains, it provides an opportunity to meet new people. But, we suspect that the biggest reason could be love.

Sinha met her husband, Apurva Kumar Sinha, while they were students of architecture at MS University, Baroda. "But, we didn't date when we were in college. It wasn't until much later that I wrote a letter to him asking if we should get married," she says. Her father, however, thought it wouldn't be ideal for her to marry into a family with political connections, for the prospective groom was the son of Sarat Chandra Sinha, a Gandhian and former chief minister of Assam. Eventually, her father relented, and she moved to Guwahati, where both husband and wife practised as architects. In 1983, after five years of marriage, her husband passed away in a road accident.