"Conventionally reason is ultimate, but ultimately reason is only conventional."
- Nagarjuna (commentary in Mulamadhyamakakarika)
> The so-called deep questions of life – "who am I", "what is the meaning of life", etc. – fascinate me, and I have a serious amateur's interest in many different philosophical schools of thought.
I am especially interested in early Indian and Greek epistemo-logics (schools like Madhyamaka, Nyaya, Eleatics; logicians like Nagarjuna, Chandrakirti, Bhaviveka, Dharmakirti, SriHarsha, Gangesa, Mipham, Parmenides, Zeno)
> I have the equivalent of a bachelors degree in Indian classical vocal music (Hindustani style), and am a keen follower of classical music of many different genres. During my PhD days, I was one of the organizers at SpicMacay Cornell.
> I also enjoy poetry, and occasionally engage in some writing myself. Here is an old [blog] of sporadic poetry that I have maintained for many years.
> I was an offsite volunteer for Teach for India, helping in the education of underprivileged school children in Delhi's suburbs during graduate school.
> My wife is a scholar of Microbiology and faculty at University of Chicago. We are parents to a little kid.
> Beyond my core areas of work in economic theory and math, I try to keep track of important scientific developments in other areas of science. For this, I have found Quanta magazine to be an invaluable resource.