Resident Feature

Meet the Kalsi Family

Celebrating One Year in Blackhawk

High school sweethearts, Indeep and Jitender, have been in love more than half their lives. Jitender met Indeep in Chandigarh, India where he participated in a motocross event. Sparks flew between the two young students, and they became friends and developed a romance shortly after. “We have been together for over 25 years and married for 13 years. I have known Jitender for more than half of my life and love how we were friends before getting married. I can share everything with him and do not think twice about how he will perceive things,” says Indeep. 

Indeep and Jitender were both born and raised in northern India. Shortly after marrying, they made the move to the United States. Indeep has a Master’s Degree in IT Management from Golden Gate University, San Francisco. She manages strategic programs for Thousand Eyes (now Cisco). She says her real passions lay more on the agile side. “I love my role as I work with multiple teams and enjoy working on programs that help the engineering teams.” Jitender also has a Master’s degree in IT from Pune, India. Before moving to the US, he used to travel for work and was a frequent visitor to the bay area. After getting married, Jitender and Indeep decided to make the bay area their new home. He currently works with Nvidia and manages their digital platform programs. He is also an agile evangelist and enjoys working with distributed teams across the globe. 

The family is completed by two children, one-year-old Nyra and eight-year-old Kiaan. Kiaan enjoys outdoor sports and loves playing soccer, baseball, tennis and golf. He is a Lego enthusiast and has been building since he was 2 years old. His Lego collection varies from Star Wars to Minecraft to Jurassic World and many more. Nyra on the other hand is a little explorer, cheerful and a bundle of joy for the whole family. She enjoys her brother’s cuddles and they both share an amazing bond. Nyra loves music and likes to rock to her favorite music beats “wheels on the bus and hello everybody.” She is also exploring her big brother’s robots and dinosaur collections. 

Making time for hobbies and passions is important to Indeep and Jitender. “We both love to cook, travel, watch movies, and spend time with family. Jitender is a DIYer and likes to keep doing small projects in and around the house. Besides his projects, Jitender is a gadget aficionado and would like to own every gadget on the planet. He is also into collecting vinyls and is trying to build a collection of vinyls, a legacy which he inherited from his dad. 

Indeep enjoys organizing, design and decor, trying new cuisines, listening to music and being outdoors. “Jitender and I really enjoy cooking a meal together, from picking out new recipes from our favorite shows, sipping the wine and making jokes helps de-stress us,” says Indeep. 

Indeep and Jitender love to travel and have been looking forward to getting back to their travel regimen post covid and the baby. 

They have been to multiple countries across Asia and Europe. Their most memorable vacations were a family vacation to Udaipur, a city of lakes and Rajput-era palaces. Traveling in tuk-tuks to enjoying rajasthani delicacies and royal hospitality was the highlight of the trip. Another fun vacation was Indeep’s family reunion in London and then traveling to Switzerland and France for her sister’s 40th birthday. “Switzerland and Bollywood have a strong connection and I was able to fulfill some of my childhood Bollywood fantasies while in Switzerland,” adds Indeep. 

New to the Blackhawk community, Indeep says they were introduced to it through friends. “We moved to Danville seven years ago and came across this beautiful community through one of our friends. In 2021, during the pandemic, we were expecting our daughter and decided to start looking for homes in this neighborhood. After looking at a few houses, we came across a house that had a beautiful location and views. We knew it was our dream home, but it did need a few changes and updates. I loved the challenge as I’m passionate about designing, so despite being pregnant, we decided to move forward with the house. Our daughter Nyra was two-months old when we moved into our home and every day since then, we have loved our decision to move here. Our kids love the open floor plan, Kiaan loves the area and has made many friends already. We all love the community factor and feel blessed to be surrounded by like-minded and good-hearted people. Blackhawk is an amazing, beautiful neighborhood and we love being in such a friendly environment.”


By Megan Scott, Resident since 2010 // Images courtesy of the family 

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