I enjoy trekking and spending time in the mountains.
Reading
I read across short stories, science fiction, fantasy, literary fiction, non-fiction. The following are a few personal favorites.
- Short story: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas — Ursula K. Le Guin
- Science fiction: The Wayfarer — Denis E. Taylor; Ender's Game — Orson Scott Card; Ecolitan Trilogy — L. E. Modesitt Jr.; The Clockwork Rocket — Greg Egan
- Fantasy: The Wheel of Time — Robert Jordan; Sword of Truth — Terry Goodkind; The Kingkiller Chronicle — Patrick Rothfuss (unfinished — still waiting)
- Fiction: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell — Susanna Clarke
- Indian history: The Wonder That Was India — A. L. Basham; India After Gandhi — Ramachandra Guha; Revolutionary — Sanjeev Sanyal; India's Most Fearless: True Stories of Modern Military Heroes — Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh
- ଐତିହାସିକ ଉପନ୍ୟାସ: ନୀଳଶୈଳ, ନୀଳାଦ୍ରି ବିଜୟ, କୃଷ୍ଣାବେଣୀରେ ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା, ଅନ୍ଧ ଦିଗନ୍ତ — ସୁରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ମହାନ୍ତି
- ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ଭିତ୍ତିକ କାହାଣୀ: ଉଡ଼ନ୍ତା ଥାଳିଆ — ଗୋପୀନାଥ ମହାନ୍ତି
- ଉପନ୍ୟାସ: ଅମୃତର ସନ୍ତାନ — ଗୋପୀନାଥ ମହାନ୍ତି, ଅମୃତ ଫଳ — ମନୋଜ ଦାସ
- ଆତ୍ମଜୀବନୀ: ମୋ ଫୁଟା ଡଙ୍ଗାର କାହାଣୀ — ଫତୁରାନନ୍ଦ
Outdoors
I enjoy rock climbing, though I rarely find the time for it.
Other Interests
Long walks, cycling, and solving puzzles.
Language & Mathematical Writing
I am interested in developing mathematical and technical vocabulary in Odia, including translating standard terminology and addressing practical issues such as font rendering in XeLaTeX.
This is partly a technical problem — scripts, fonts, typesetting — and partly a conceptual one: how to express modern mathematical ideas clearly in a regional language without losing precision.