Indira K. Rao

Broschiertes Buch

Rose Bush

An Autobiographical Account

Beschreibung

This story describes the authors transcontinental journey starting with seventy-five dollars in hand and a time span of fifty years finishing when the author reaches seventy-five years of age. It is a story of societal and cultural variations across the globe. The travelogue covered in five chapters includes travels across five continents with places visited and events witnessed that combines the history and geography with several travel details. This story explains how a common middle-class family can realize their dreams within their budget and without getting burdened with loans. It is a story for many women trained with employable skills who had to leave their jobs to raise a family and can return to the work force to chase their dreams. The book is provided with four hundred pictures and two hundred and forty foot notes for the reader to access more information.

Autor

Indira K. Rao is a retired laboratory supervisor of Pathology laboratories from the University of Mississippi Medical Center at Jackson, MS. Before coming to Mississippi, she worked in Childrens Hospital, Pittsburgh and Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans. Indira is Gold-Medalist with B.Sc. (Hons) and M. Sc. from Andhra University, India. After graduation she worked as Assistant Professor in Government College. In 1967 after marriage, she moved from South to North India and in 1970 January from India to Pittsburgh, USA. She lived in Pittsburgh for eighteen years where she joined the University of Pittsburgh. Initially she was a graduate assistant and later worked part time in Carlow College. She earned a Masters in biology and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Pittsburgh. After a gap of seven years from 1967, she went back full time and worked in Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh. After moving to south in 1989 she worked as supervisor in Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans and moved to Jackson, MS. She retired in 2002 December and traveled across the five continents with her husband and treasured the golden years. This book is a compendium of life and travels across the globe. She associated with community activities, served on Board of Trustees of local Hindu Temple Society, MS where she was the Vice Chair for one year. Indira and her husband KR live and spend their retirement years in Brandon, Mississippi.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1247g
• ISBN-13: 9781546239079
• ISBN-10: 1546239073
• Artikelnr.: 53543877