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Chief Editor, Troy: Hi, I am Troy and I am a software engineer by education. Writing is a passion of mine so it wasn’t long before I diverted into this as a profession. My focus is popular news and current affairs in United States. When I am not working with computers or writing articles, I like to go out with my friends and watch movies.

Staff Writer, Mark E: Mark has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, and was a successful manager at a manufacturing facility until his plant was outsourced. Since then, he’s become a tech buff. As a stay-at-home-dad, he keeps abreast in what’s going on it the world plus is the first to buy all the latest gadgets, toys, and video games.

Contributor, Marci S: Marci has a Master’s degree in education, 20 years of experience in adult education and lives in Salt Lake City. Here is just a short list of the classes she has taken: aromatherapy, belly dancing, gourmet cooking lessons, defensive driving, art history, Capoeira, yoga, writing short stories, photography, ceramics (wheel throwing), ballroom dance, sailing, trigger points, piano and vocal lessons.

Contributor, Saul R: Saul is a regular writer on many publishing sites including TechBanyan, Associated content etc. He is known for his penchant for detail and perfection.

Contributor, Teena S: I have a degree in engineering but writing is what I was inclined to do always. I was still a student at the Engineering school when I started interning and eventually working at TechBanyan. Besides this site, I also write regularly at 8000 Credit.

Assistant Editor, Greg S: In a different life I used to be a stock analyst for Fortune 500 companies before moving into the world of journalism. I cover the sports beat for TechBanyan and in my free time I love to play soccer and practice yoga. 

Assistant Writer, Madhumita Paul: I am a neuro-scientist in making, a few years shy of getting my PhD. I cover the science beat at TechBanyan. Eventually I want to get into the industry but writing is something that provides me with an outlet for all the thoughts and ideas buzzing inside my head.

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BANYAN – Wikipedia verbatim:

A Banyan [Ban-Yun] is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte when its  seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree (or on   structures like buildings and bridges).

“Banyan” often refers specifically to the species Ficus benghalensis,  though the term has been generalized to include all figs that share a  unique life cycle, and systematically to refer to the sub genus  Urostigma^. The seeds of banyans are dispersed by fruit-eating birds.

Etymology

The name was originally given to F. benghalensis and comes from India where early travelers observed that the shade of the tree was frequented by banias or Indian traders.

In the Gujarati language, banyan means “merchant”, not “tree”. The Portuguese picked up the word to refer specifically to Hindu merchants and passed it along to the English as early as 1599 with the same meaning. By 1634, English writers began to tell of the banyan tree, a tree under which Hindu merchants would conduct their business.

The tree provided a shaded place for a village meeting or for merchants to sell their goods. Eventually banyan came to mean the tree itself.