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Vijay Narayanan appointed to A. Robert Noll Chair in Engineering

Vijay Narayanan, distinguished professor of computer science and engineering and electrical engineering, has been appointed to the A. Robert Noll Chair in Engineering by the Penn State College of Engineering. The A. Robert Noll Chair in Engineering provides support for a distinguished faculty member in the College of Engineering to continue and further scholarly excellence […]

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My Soul Is A Hat

Home and Diaspora, Poetry / Frank Raj

By Mario de Andrade I counted my years and realized that I have less time to live by, than I have lived so far. I feel like a child who won a pack of candies: at first he ate them with pleasure but when he realized that there was little left, he began to taste

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Pilgrim

Home and Diaspora, Poetry / Frank Raj

By Frank Raj Hey pilgrim, where have you been for the forgiveness of your sins? To Benares, Bodhgaya, Jeddah, Jerusalem, Rome, I’ve been to see What burdens people bring and what is it that can set them free I’ve been dunked in the Jordan but washed clean at the start Of the shortest pilgrimage –

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Who?

Home and Diaspora, Who / Frank Raj

Swami Nikhilananda writes in his introduction to \\\’The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna\\\’: In a state of mental conflict and torture of soul, Narendra (Swami Vivekananda) came to Sri Ramakrishna (Sri RK) at Dakshineswar. He was then eighteen years of age and had been in college two years. He entered the Master\\\’s room accompanied by some

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Rayar\’s Mess – Chennai\’s Best Idlis

Delicacies, Home and Diaspora / Frank Raj

DON’T MISS EATING AT RAYAR’S MESS IN CHENNAI! Nestled in a hole in the wall in one of Mylapore’s bylanes, this tiny pre-independence restaurant in Chennai is famous for steaming hot Idlis, Vadais, Pongal and fresh Coconut Chutney. Rayar’s Mess is a tiny room with 16 seats, and it opens at 7 am, when brothers

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Why Return To A Barbaric, Truth Castrated Society?

Going Back, Home and Diaspora / Frank Raj

“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.” ― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag

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Tagore’s Short Stories Come Alive In Anurag Basu’s Work

Heritage, Home and Diaspora / Frank Raj

By Melanie P. Kumar. Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded largely for his collection of poems, the “Gitanjali.” But, if there was a Booker or something similar in those times, Tagore should surely have been granted this award for his short stories. Recently, non-Bengali speaking viewers were thrilled to have these stories come

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David – I remember

Home and Diaspora, I remember / Frank Raj

David, I remember you telling me that I have not written a poem about you like I did for your two sisters, so I thought of doing this especially for you! Watching you at your fencing session on our recent visit to Houston this year was a special treat. I thought your moves were so

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How NRI Families Cope In India

Home and Diaspora, Living / Frank Raj

We try not to think of their plight, but we know they are lonely and left to fend for themselves. Anusha Harish reminds us of how NRI families have little to look forward to but the occasional visits from loved ones. Many Indian’s who move to other countries in search of greener pastures inevitably leave

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