I laugh; I hold a book in my hands and enjoy the way it smells, mindful of its gravity; I look out to the ocean standing at the beach sensing on my skin, in my mind, the strength of nature; I listen to music as the notes try to whisper meaning to me; I travel to far away towns where nobody knows me; I dance without a care in the world to the rhythms heard from within; I value friends who know what it means to be a friend; I walk by the water wondering how it shines and undulates, at the same time losing the firm grip on my thoughts; I absorb and download the visual world in carefully composed shots; I try with honesty and courage to experience life like never before.

I'm writing a book about it. Also, I work in advertising, at the intersection of math and design. I volunteer. I walk around the world taking pictures.

smiling because I like it. walking everywhere because I don't own a car. reading because I don't have cable. cooking since I love home-cooked food. dancing because it doesn't hurt to shake it a little.

that black is my favorite color, which is a lie, because black is the absence of all colors. Also that I smile a lot.

Books: David Sedaris, Jhumpha Lahiri, Sylvia Plath, John Updike, Alice Munro, William Faulkner, Rohinton Mistri, Nikolai Gogol, Somerset Maugham, Hemingway, Junot Diaz, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kurt Vonnegut, Anton Chekhov, Salman Rushdie, Milan Kundera, Khaled Hosseini, F. Scott Fitzgerald, JD Salinger, Thomas Pynchon, Philip Roth, David Foster Wallace, Haruki Murakami.

Music: Too much to list, which is a strange thing to say since I listed a boatload of authors.

Movies: I like comedies and documentaries and independent movies and beer.

Food: I am a vegetarian. I like spicy food because the last time I checked I was still an Indian.

I love to think. I have a blog. I think about photography. I think about advertising. I think about writing (I have two published stories). I think about life. I think about humanity. I think about the need for individuality. I think about whiskey and why it tastes so good. I think about why learning something new everyday is important.

with friends having a conversation about religion, science, movies, literature, music, technology, or sports. Also since I live in Seattle now, I wear a rainjacket every Friday.

If you have ideas, solutions, a sense of humor, thoughts, stories, a time machine, jokes, plans to conquer the world, or suggestions for funny books or funny movies.