Dr. Gopi Podila was among the three faculty members who were killed by Amy Bishop, a faculty member at University of Alabama who was denied tenure. The Indian American professor Podila’s research interests included functional genomics of plant-microbe interactions and plant molecular biology and biotechnology. My condolences to the families of the victims. What more […]
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Yikes… Mid-Atlantic states barely dug themselves out of the 30+ inch piles from last Fri-Sat snow. Many streets are only operating in as single lanes. More is on the way (it is already here in DC). We are pretty much snowed in for the last 5 days. Another 10-20 inches is expected tonight and tomorrow. […]
Northeaster United States, got hit with a major winter storm. This epic storm dumped 18-30 inches of snow in the DC area. Presideent Obama called referred to the storm as “snomegeddon.” Expect major disruptions in many aspects of life along the the east coast for the next several days. If you are like me, who […]
I wasn’t really worried until this latest recall news on Toyota Prius has come out. Software problems? Brake problems? This is an eerie reality to android cars in Hollywood movies that take control of the driver and kill him/her. Stopping distance is what I am currently covering in the transportation engineering class I am teaching. […]
As the caption reads, it was a short, but very hot call. Clearly this guy was set-up by whoever was filming this. పాపం, but funny! [media id=7]
When you put right analogies to a story, we all say, “Hmmm. Isn’t that right?” This particular is like that of many daytime soap operas in US. Even better analogy is that it is like a Telugu flick where the hero gets entangled with two wives. How does this drama unfold and how it ends?
The following is one more experience that I want to share with you from my recent visit to my holy-land, INDIA. Every smoker who had to travel for a long time in air, waits patiently for that taste of smoke at next stop. I am not an exception. Most of my air travel segments were […]
“I am sure no offense to India.” But, I am sure you DID mean offense to India. Taking offense from a bigoted idiot like you is quite an honor. BTW, its a good catch: Ganges rhymes with a disease. You mocked, “..the one big river they have there. That sounds like a disease. Come on it does. If somebody says ‘I am sorry I have a really bad case of Ganges.’ You like Cipro.”
