Babru Bahan Samal

Babru Samal was born in Basudevpur in the district of Bhadrak in Odisha, India. He studied at the Utkal University and the University of Southern California where he got Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. His basic views on life and living were shaped by early exposure to Indian philosophy and mythology, poetry and novels and the writings of illustrious authors in different languages such as Odia, Bengali, English, and Hindi. Later, exposure to world literature and culture and scientific training and research instilled in him the value of observation without prejudice, an objective but philosophical mindset and a voracious appetite to wonder which have carved the essence of his poems. His writings are the minutes in the notebook of life and depicts his views as an observer who wonders about the miracle of life from its minute, cellular state to the marvelous systems in the universe. Apart from poetry, his interests include traveling, photography, culture, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and learning languages. He lives in Rockville, MD. USA.