My Family Tree - Joshi(s) of Buddhimanya

Snapshot of my family tree as on April 2014

1. BaamDev
    2. Kamal Kant
      3. Hari Dutt
         4. Gopal Dutt Joshi

The Census Bronze medal

5.Devi Dutt Joshi (1st March 1930 - 24th April 2014) - Retired from the education board of Govt. of U.P. in Allahabad. He was awarded the Census Bronze medal for his services to the Census of India,1951 by the President of India.He was a typical Piscean, a free fish and a Saint.He was known for his short temper,loud voice and uncompromising honesty amongst his folks. He was an ardent follower of Maa Durga and loved feeding stray dogs. 

6. Dr. Lalit Mohan Joshi - The eldest of his generation Lalitjee is a

Dr. Lalit Mohan Joshi and Mrs. Sudha Joshi

D.Phil in economics from the Allahabad University . He has retired from the post of Additional Director -Rural Development (Govt. of Uttar Pradesh) and is currently involved in Consultancy projects for UNDP,Govt. of India and local and international NGOs.He is extremely soft spoken and jovial personality. His avid interests include Astrology,Yoga and travel (Traveled through the length and breadth of India, UK and Yugoslavia). Lalitjee is a guru on Administration and Peoples Management.His wife is Smt. Sudha Joshi (MSc. Cytogenetics-Allahabad Univ). He is a father to two kids, the daughter(Richa) has done the family proud by living to the family tradition of serving the govt.She is currently working as Assistant Commissioner in Sales Tax dept (Govt of UP).He is an ardent follower of Lord Krsna and Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi.

7. Akshat Joshi - Born in Prayagraj ,sacred confluence of Ganga and Jamuna with River Ganges flowing Eastward . Akshat is the one who realized the importance of maintaining the family tree and initiated this post to capture his lineage for future generations. He captured the historical information when the entire Joshi family and relatives met in prayagraj in April 2014, to perform the last rites of our beloved Grandfather Lt.Devi Dutt Joshi. Akshat is an IT professional (B.Tech-IT) and is in US since Nov 2016. He is married to Ankita Rawat an extremely bright individual MBA (FullTime) and B.Tech (CS) ,they share good Cancerian-Leo chemistry. 

8. Atreya Joshi - Born on 20-May-2020 .He bears great resemblance to his great grandfather Lt.Devi Dutt Joshi. He was named by his father as "Atreya" which means descendant of Rishi Atri. He was born in Pittsburgh,PA USA, where two river meet and give rise to Ohio River which flows westwards.

9. Agastya Joshi - Born on 22-Feb-2025 to Ankita and Akshat in Cherry Hill,NJ. Is the younger brother of Atreya.

Grandma Quotes a story!

My Grandmother was married at the age of 14 and by the age of 16 she had given birth to two children(The younger one being my father). She often narrates to me the days when she had been a young bride and lived in the Kumaoni village of Budhimanya district. The houses were such that cattle occupied the ground floor and the families lived in the first floor. The chulha where women prepared food was also in the ground floor ,A typical Kumaoni Woman’s day starts early in the morning, they need to go downhill to the river, to collect drinking water (they run the risk of being attacked by various animals).Take care of their families, prepare food, raise the cattle and also work in the fields. The guys generally laze around and by the end of the day live up to the famous quote” Surya ast, pahari mast”

                One of the Incidents , I remember is as follows, My grandmother had been preparing food downstairs when all of a sudden there was an alarm that a leopard has come into the village. It is very common for the predators like leopards,Jackals,hyenas to enter into villages in search of food inform of cattle and babies. The locals use the Kumaoni Mastiff or the Pahari kutta as their protection against such predators. These dogs are known for their courage and their ability to face, the most ferocious of predators. The British extensively used this breed as watchdogs throughout their empire.

One such local pet faced and killed the Leopard,that day . Kudos to the Kumaoni Mastiff!!