// off the clock

The other half.

Same brain that tunes matching engines also writes songs, fills sketchbooks, and reads like it's a sport. Here's what I'm into right now — and a little arcade, because I had to.

// currently into

Composing

Self-taught guitar & piano — I write and arrange original pieces. Practising a hard passage feels exactly like debugging; it just ends in a song.

guitar · piano · originals

Drawing

Junior Diploma in Fine Art, accredited by the West Bengal State Academy of Dance, Music & Fine Arts. Pencil and ink, mostly — the original "ink & pixels".

pencil · ink · diploma

Reading

~11 dense volumes in 6 months — biographies, investor psychology, macroeconomics, behavioural finance. Building a multidisciplinary toolkit for better decisions.

biography · macro · psychology

Playing

Complex, immersive narrative & strategy worlds. Current rotation: Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Red Dead Redemption 2, Lies of P.

soulslike · open-world · story

Running

Long-distance endurance, ~4 sessions a week. Finished the Tata Mumbai Half Marathon — 21.1 km in about two hours.

21.1 km · ~2 hrs · 4×/week

// the arcade · for when you should be working

Have a game.

Arrow keys or WASD to steer. Eat the magenta apple, don't bite yourself.

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