Striving towards Excellence

-Karthik Gurumurthy

I  traveled across the world to come to this country to pursue my grad school dream. I am thankful for the opportunity to come here and interact with great scientists, Professors, researchers and peers here.  America is a land where folks all over the world congregate and you get to learn from folks from all over the world. However, I find one thing very strange. Bunch of folks from  a certain part will still meet and talk only with the same part here. My personal recommendation is to try new things.Don't restrict your lives.  Don't live encapsulated in a cocoon just with people like you, who speak the language or look the same, or sing the same song or worship the same way, but constantly explore new ideas and new experiences.