"Absolute Legend": Man About Mother Who Moved To US For Higher Education In 1980s

"Started and built a small business, raised two children, and now the proud grandmother to two grandsons. Still has the same energetic, party-loving, mischievous spirit of her youth," he wrote.

A New York-based entrepreneur shared his mother's journey of moving to a completely different continent in the 1980s. He said that his mother travelled from Bengaluru to carve a new life for her in the United States. Calling her an "absolute legend", Sahil Bloom, said that she secretly applied to a college in the US and got a scholarship. My mom is an absolute legend.Born and raised in Bangalore, India. Secretly applied to college in the U.S. and got a scholarship. Arrived in 1980 with no money to her name. Got her undergrad in two years and her masters in another two.Met an American guy and fell in love.… pic.twitter.com/ocRiFI1dxP

"Arrived in 1980 with no money to her name. Got her undergrad in two years and her masters in another two," he wrote on the platform.

Mr Bloom said that she met an American guy and fell in love and they have now been married for over four decades. "They're happily married 42 years later and never go long without a kiss and an 'I love you' whispered between them."