Vidhi submits her PhD thesis!

As LV starts her American stint; she’s in MIT through to Easter, it’s amazing to think that she’s closed such a significant chapter of her life.

The two dates that she submitted her PhD are both rather auspicious. The first is Pi Day, 03.14 (in the American rendering), and the second was a technical re-submission on the 15th of March, which is the Ides of March (which is the turning point in Roman History with the assassination of Julius Caesar).

I love the concept of twin adjoining dates, it stems from the Twin Holy Birthdays in the Baha’i Faith (two nights seen as one in the eye of God).

So I read a lot of meaning in that she’s submitted her Magnum Opus (hopefully she will make more, but this can be considered her MO to date) at such a time. It was completely incidental but she powered through and really has created a phenomenal piece of science, that almost verges into artistic greatness.

I’ve scanned her thesis for a few edits but the sheer brilliance of the work is outstanding. Her next two steps are viva, the “red door” and of course the graduation. It’s a major milestone in her (our?) life and I think her current stint in Boston is a good galvaniser toward the next milestone.

Ps: I remember that Stephen Hawkings had passed away on Pi Day and as I was googling that I came across this rather funny excerpt:

He was born in Oxford and he passed away in Cambridge. There is a particular caste of individuals who swim about the dreaming spires of Oxbridge, sidestepping the material world almost entirely. It’s a surreal poingnant existence.