~ interests ~

courses
i guess i gotta be interested in my courses ...

books
these are some of the books that I have read and rated ...

movies
- check out reviews of the latest movies (www.screenit.com)
- http://www.filmsite.org/ is an excellent site for checking the old movies that i certainly want to watch (given half a chance)

music
my favourite indian music site (very well organised)
follow this link for the hindi music charts

cooking
i love to inflict my cooking on my roommates. But sometimes everyone ends up enjoying it. The site www.bawarchi.com has been a good one for gathering my ammuntion.

entrepreneurship
i am always interested in learning what the new ideas in today's technology world are. necessity is the mother of invention. what need is a startup filling? what are the things that i've desperately needed but find nobody has yet done them. what are some of the cool things that i would find useful?
i am taking part in the following event. entrepreneur challenge

puzzles
i have always enjoyed recreational math, and like solving nice problems (such as this). my introduction to this field was through the inimitable martin gardener. i have devoured his "mathematical games" column in the scientific american.
he passed on the baton to douglas hofstadter and thus  "metamagical themas." (an anagram of the former title) was created. then followed geb etc ...

wacky
- this is code for an indian bachelor/married/engaged man (is really funny)
- i have problems getting up in the morning! here is a guide on "How to wake up".
- have you ever wondered about how the gesture of giving the middle finger came about. here  is some food for thought
- some really nice cartoons on the indian scene link1 link2 .

utah trivia
some of our illustrious alumni include

• Alan Kay (pioneered the concept of GUIs at Xerox Parc)
• Jim Clark (Founded Silicon Graphics and Netscape Communications)
• Alan Ashton (Founded WordPerfect)
• Ed Catmull (Co-Founded Pixar)
• Suhas Patil (Founded Cirrus Logic)