CURRENT MISSION

observe life.

Interests

Stuff I like/do/have done:

Words. Language. Ideas. Books.
Open source software development and business models.

Linux. C. C++. x86 Assembly. Perl. Networks. Sci-fi. Philosophy. Poetry. Etymology.

Software development.

• writing
• books
• poetry
• photography
• reading
• business
• calligraphy
• etymology
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

books:

The Patanjali Yoga Sutras.
The Bhagvad Geeta.
The Oxford English Dictionary - 20 volume version.
Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
The Game of Glass Beads - Hermann Hesse.
The Chronicles of Narnia.
G.E.B - The Eternal Golden Braid - Douglas Hofstadter (actually everything written by him.)
Objectivism - The Philosophy of Ayn Rand by Leonard Peikoff (not for the philosophy but as a model of how non-fiction should be written in English.)
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
Enchiridion - Epictetus
Zorba the Greek

movies:

Schindlers List, Do Aankhen Baaraa Haath (Hindi), The Matrix, Sant Tukaram (1926, Marathi)

Countries I’ve Visited

Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Japan

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