I am Gopalan Sriram, `G' to my friends. If you want to know about my school, college, university, work etc., you can see it in my resume. This page gives a general intro about the person that I am.
I am docile, lazy, moderately intelligent and honest. Many of my friends don't agree, but who cares? I happen to be interested in just about anything under the sun. So I am open to discussion on any topic with anybody. So, if you feel strongly about anything, please email me and get an Indian friend free!!! Hurry, offer open till stocks last.
My hobbies and interests :
I should say my favorite hobby is reading. You will find this page filled with
stuff related to that ( I am assuming that you have the patience to go through the
whole thing). However, being a versatile personality ;-) , I also do a few other
things. Like painting. I do water colors and sketch portraits occasionally. I also
write short stories and unbelievably bad poems. I find Indian politics interesting
and like to analyse the actions of those #@$%^&s.( Since this site is rated G,
I am censoring the expletive). I love cricket. Not much. Only as much as every
other cricket-crazy Indian. I also like tennis, soccer and hockey. Oof! Lot of
stuff for a paragraph, what?
My reading interests :
I am not one of those guys who take up and gobble up all his/her books in a few weeks.
I tend to find authors repetitive after a few books. So I keep jumping authors.
My favorite author in the world is Sujatha (pseudonym of Mr. Rangarajan). He is
a Tamil author and I am not sure you would have heard of him, if you were not a
Tamilian. He is the only Tamil author I read. Among English authors I like Richard
Bach, Frederick Forsyth, Irwing Wallace, Erle Stanley Gardener, P.G.Wodehouse,
R.K.Narayanan ( the original and best Indo-Anglican author) and George Gamov (not a
novelist) among others. Quite a mixed bag, eh? If anyone knows the email id
of Sujatha ( I know he is there somewhere ), please email me.
My favorite readings :
Among all the printed material on earth, I like comics best. My favorites are
calvin and hobbes,
Asterix and Archie and gang. Among my favorite books are `Jonathan Livingston
Seagull' by Bach, `The Negotiator' by Forsyth, `Seven Minutes' by Wallace, `Swami and
Friends' by Narayanan and all works of Sujatha.
My likings in movie related stuff:
My favorite movies are `And justice shall be done' (English) and `Pesum Padam'
(Pushpak for northies and others) starring Kamal Hassan. `Pesum Padam' has no language
but you can call it a Tamil movie. You will understand the preceding statement only
if you see the movie. Kamal Hassan is my favorite actor, but I like him more for
his directorial skills.