Comments on: He was a God of his subjects

By: Venky Krishnan

Venky Krishnan — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:42:25 +0000

This stands as one of the greatest tragedies of this decade in the sacred halls of learning in this decade. One is physically disaramed and open to reason and dialogue in a temple of learning. This is one of the most vulnerable and sacred places in our society.

This is a great loss to humanity. Teachers are the treasures of a society, like parents, they nuture society. For his family to lose a teacher, a parent and a companion, a terrible loss.

He will be sorely missed. My condolences to the family and community of Virginia Tech.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:30:42 +0000

May your soul rest in peace, professor. Condolensces to the family.

By: sk

sk — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:56:10 +0000

I feel awful about Prof. Loganathan’s death. His wife and children must be so devastated. It’s so hard to cope with the loss of your partner-I keep thinking about his wife, what she must be going through now. And it’s awful to lose a parent- it’s so terrible to think you will never see your father again, you can never again give him a hug. What a senseless tragic event.

By: LS

LS — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:18:32 +0000

May his wife, daughters and family gather the strength to get through this time. May his soul rest in peace.

By: milli

milli — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:17:31 +0000

"For me, the reason Prof. Loganathan's death hits so close to home is because he is my dad, or my uncle, or so many others who were part of the IIT brain trust that came to the U.S. by the plane load in the 70s and 80s and became professors at universities across the country. The fact that he is also Tamil puts it even closer to home. I don't think I ever met Prof. Loganathan, but I'm sure that if I met his kids we would be able to come up with mutual acquaintances in 5 seconds. It would not surprise me at all to find out that my parents actually crossed paths with him at some point. So sad."

Ditto.

By: brown_fob

brown_fob — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:22:53 +0000

A blog entry by one of Prof. Loganathan's ex-student

Link: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-yqjBTjgwdq8aFy2D2Sds?p=78

By: rekha

rekha — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:38:47 +0000

Rest in peace, Dr. Loganathan. My thoughts and prayers are with your family.

By: nidhi

nidhi — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:48:07 +0000

"G.V. Loganathan

Loganathan was born in the southern Indian city of Chennai and had been a civil and environmental engineering professor at Virginia Tech since 1982.

Loganathan, 51, won several awards for excellence in teaching, had served on the faculty senate and was an adviser to about 75 undergraduate students.

"We all feel like we have had an electric shock. We do not know what to do," his brother G.V. Palanivel told the NDTV news channel from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. "He has been a driving force for all of us, the guiding force."

By: In Shock

In Shock — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:48:24 +0000

The victims’ families are in my thoughts and prayers

By: Runa

Runa — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:22:33 +0000

I can't help but think of the awfullness of this time for the Professor's family and the families of others who lost their loved ones.Even the shooter's family must be devastated.

How does one make sense of a senseless act? How can you keep the faith when faced with Random acts of senseless violence?

I hope and pray that they find the strength to do so. Prashanth , you really said it "Hatred is just too expensive"