Archive: Amrita Raja
Trying to Remember How to Be Happy
By Amrita Raja Today felt a lot like April 17, 2007. There was an air of uncertainty: What are we supposed to be feeling? What are we supposed to be doing? We can't be sad forever, so let us try...
By Amy L. Kovac | April 16, 2008; 11:21 PM ET | Comments (0)
Memories of Leslie
By Amrita Raja We were walking into our dorm when I said, "So, we should go swimming sometime." "Well, how about tomorrow?" Leslie asked. "Tomorrow?" "Yeah! The pool's still open on Sundays!" That's how Leslie Sherman, one of the 32...
By Amy L. Kovac | April 16, 2008; 06:15 PM ET | Comments (0)
Notes of Encouragement
Mementos sent to Virginia Tech after April 16, 2007, displayed in the Holtzman Alumni Center (By Amrita Raja) By Amrita Raja This morning, I woke up to an inbox with a handful of messages, one of which was from...
By Amy L. Kovac | April 16, 2008; 12:11 PM ET | Comments (0)
Healing Through Art
Image of the painting referenced in the poem (By Amrita Raja) By Amrita Raja Yesterday afternoon, members of Blacksburg's community -- professors, parents, children, community leaders and Virginia Tech students -- all filtered through the doors of the Lyric,...
By Amy L. Kovac | April 14, 2008; 11:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
To Those Left Behind
By Amrita Raja Program from Ein deutsches Requiem performance (By Amrita Raja) On Saturday night, as part of the commemorations of the anniversary, I attended a performance of Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem, a joint effort by the New River Valley...
By Amy L. Kovac | April 13, 2008; 10:19 AM ET | Comments (0)
On the Brink of Remembrance
By Amrita Raja I was a little wary of writing this series of blog entries because, to be honest, I'm still not sure how much life has changed for me since April 16, 2007. In the two months that followed...
By Amy L. Kovac | April 11, 2008; 10:15 PM ET | Comments (0)
