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on 06-Aug-01 10:23 PM
Here is the copy paste from the article that says Sudha Shah is from Nepal.
Like many of Sudha's customers, Fred found her intriguing. A small brunette with a wide, engaging smile, Sudha is a rarity--a charming young woman in the largely male world of hard-core nerds. She's also comfortable being the exception, the exotic standout. Her father was a doctor in Nepal, and Sudha, the oldest of five children, grew up in a rural village without electricity. As a teenager, she attended a Catholic boarding school run by German nuns in Katmandu. It was there that Sudha learned English and got the sort of wide-ranging education most Nepalese kids could barely imagine. But her parents didn't actually expect her to put her education to practical use. They assumed she would consent to an arranged marriage, like every other nice, 17-year-old Nepalese girl, and stay home to raise a family. That wasn't Sudha's plan. Outspoken and strong-willed, she announced to her horrified parents that she had applied to colleges in the U.S. "I wanted to go to a bigger pond, to explore more and see more, and chart out my own life. I didn't want to do what was expected of me," says Sudha, whose full last name is Shah-tsou. She got a full scholarship to attend Mills College, a small, all-women's school in Oakland, Calif., and majored in business economics and communications.
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