On Facebook, she "liked" Virat Kohli, singer Justin Timberlake, and TV shows such as 'How I Met Your Mother' and 'Big Bang Theory'. But 19-year-old Tarishi Jain, a student of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, was also active for Ethical Apparel, an organisation which offers its profits from designing and screen-printing clothes to underprivileged entrepreneurs to start their own businesses.
Excited during an April launch, Tarishi had invited support on Facebook. "We are so excited to launch our new clothing line! Pleeease support us in our mission to help rising entrepreneurs and fight poverty all around the world," she wrote.
As a Berkeley student and part of its Institute for South Asia Studies, Tarishi was awarded an internship programme this year by the Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) an online private commercial bank in Bangladesh.
She was working on EBL's contribution to the e-commerce growth in Bangladesh. Tarishi grew up in Dhaka and went to American International School before moving to California. She was also part of the core group of International Students Association at Berkeley, the largest international student organisation at the UCB campus.
Her family of father Sanjiv, mother Tulika and brother Sanchit is originally from UP's Firozabad. They have been living for more than a decade in Dhaka, where Sanjiv runs an apparel company.
As news of the Dhaka terror strike spread, Tarishi's cousins in India were worried. A tweet at 10:52 on Saturday morning from one Saloni Jain read: "Plzzzz save my sister.... Aj k dhaka kand m wahan meri sister bhi h.... Uska naam Tarishi Jain h.... plzzz everyone pray for her". Saying that Tarishi was her uncle's daughter, she later also tweeted at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pleading for his intervention.
Tarishi's slain friends are Faraaz Ayaz Hossain, grandson of the owner of one of the biggest Bengali dailies, and Abinta Kabir, whose family owns a supermarket in the Bangladesh capital. Tarishi and Faraaz were studying in US universities and had come home on vacation.
What started as a bash for the trio at Holey Artisan Bakery turned out to be the last for all. For over seven hours, she and two friends huddled in a small toilet in the Gulshan cafe as terrorists butchered guests outside. Sometime after 4am, the youngsters' luck ran out. They were discovered and a burst of gunfire ended it all.
Excited during an April launch, Tarishi had invited support on Facebook. "We are so excited to launch our new clothing line! Pleeease support us in our mission to help rising entrepreneurs and fight poverty all around the world," she wrote.
As a Berkeley student and part of its Institute for South Asia Studies, Tarishi was awarded an internship programme this year by the Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) an online private commercial bank in Bangladesh.
She was working on EBL's contribution to the e-commerce growth in Bangladesh. Tarishi grew up in Dhaka and went to American International School before moving to California. She was also part of the core group of International Students Association at Berkeley, the largest international student organisation at the UCB campus.
Her family of father Sanjiv, mother Tulika and brother Sanchit is originally from UP's Firozabad. They have been living for more than a decade in Dhaka, where Sanjiv runs an apparel company.
As news of the Dhaka terror strike spread, Tarishi's cousins in India were worried. A tweet at 10:52 on Saturday morning from one Saloni Jain read: "Plzzzz save my sister.... Aj k dhaka kand m wahan meri sister bhi h.... Uska naam Tarishi Jain h.... plzzz everyone pray for her". Saying that Tarishi was her uncle's daughter, she later also tweeted at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pleading for his intervention.
Tarishi's slain friends are Faraaz Ayaz Hossain, grandson of the owner of one of the biggest Bengali dailies, and Abinta Kabir, whose family owns a supermarket in the Bangladesh capital. Tarishi and Faraaz were studying in US universities and had come home on vacation.
What started as a bash for the trio at Holey Artisan Bakery turned out to be the last for all. For over seven hours, she and two friends huddled in a small toilet in the Gulshan cafe as terrorists butchered guests outside. Sometime after 4am, the youngsters' luck ran out. They were discovered and a burst of gunfire ended it all.