Name/Title
OLP - Vanita Shah - VineyardDescription
Vanita was born in 1942 in Varavel, a city in the Gujarat province of India. She was the oldest of four brothers and a sister. She enjoyed art in school, but as was the tradition at the time, she left school after the eighth grade and entered an arranged marriage at the age of fifteen. The couple had three sons and a daughter, and Vanita stayed at home caring for her children. She loved to cook, especially her specialties of samosas and shrikhand, a sweet dessert made of strained yogurt that is a Gujarati specialty. She is now the proud grandmother of seven grandchildren.
Vanita and her husband visited the United States whenever possible to see her children and she moved here after her husband's death to be close to them. She has returned to India to see her husband’s family, as well as traveled to Dubai to visit one of her sons.
Vanita, who describes herself as a very good-natured person, feels that education is important and appreciates her AWE class. Her art teacher Dmitry says that she specializes in folk art and reports that, with her attention to details, her drawings take months to finish.
