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    Rhyme to Pass the Time
    Rhyme to Pass the Time
    Rhyme to Pass the Time
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    Rhyme to Pass the Time

    By K.B. Chandra Raj

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    K.B.Chandra Raj was born and raised in Malaysia is an accountant by training. He served a five year period of articles with the prestigious firm of chartered accountants, Turquand Youngs and Company and has worked as chief accountant in Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone as Accountant General, Liberia and the United States of America.
    Chandra and Siva have been blessed with two ebullient grandchildren – granddaughter Neela Chandraraj and grandson Deeran Vermeij.
    He presently lives in tranquil retirement with his wife Siva in Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.A.
    His three previous publications:
    For the love of Shakespeare
    Your sense of humor – Don’t leave home without it
    Mining my own life
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateAug 26, 2020
    ISBN9781698702926
    Rhyme to Pass the Time
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    K.B. Chandra Raj

    K.B. Chandra Raj was born and raised in Malaysia. He was trained as an accountant and worked in that field before retiring. He and his family immigrated to the United States in 1985. Chandra Raj and his wife, Siva, have two grown children and two grandchildren and live in Hamden, Connecticut. He is also the author of For the love of Shakespeare, Your sense of humor—Don’t leave home without it, Mining my own life, and Reminiscing in tranquility of a time long gone by.

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