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"Man is a pupil, pain is his teacher."
- Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist.


"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."
- Roger Bannister, first man to run 1 mile in less than 4 minutes.


Mathematics
My interests in mathematics lie in the fields of combinatorics, number theory, and graph theory. Apart from the technical aspects of mathematics, I am also curious about origin, historical developments and philosophical implications of various mathematical concepts and techniques.

Martial Arts and Flipping
I practiced Karate under Sensei Neeraj Dhawan at JKA in Noida, India and Taekwondo under Master Anthony at Master's Academy in Tampa, FL. I started flipping at the age of 27 years and 9 months. After all, you are never too old to start doing anything that you really want to do. I am very thankful to my coaches then, Coach Erin and Coach Dan. I am also very thankful to Jason, who was my flipping partner for over a year! We used to be referred to as the old people because the other students in our classes ranged from being 5 yrs to 16 years old! Then I made friends with the supremo of flipping, Neil. Check out his trick, The Neil, on David Letterman's show here.

Fine Arts and Cartooning
I do pencil sketching sometime when I am highly motivated. Here is is a life size full body portrait of Bridget Moynahan. I also like cartooning (a few samples). My favorite comic strip is "Calvin and Hobbes". Bill Watterson is a true genius. My other favorites are "Dilbert" and "PhD Comics" because of their sardonic nature.

Creative Works
  • Poster - "We didn't start the fire"
  • Hotness vs. Sweetness Tradeoff Theory
  • Bardosis
  • Soumyaroop's Wall of Backronyms
  • T-shirt
  • Summer 2006 Journal (with scanned images)
  • Cartooning
  • I love the unknown (song compilation)

  • Other Activities
  • Reading (non-fiction)
  • Problem solving, playing word games
  • Volleyball, Tennis, Cricket
  • Skydiving, Rafting, Biking, Rock Climbing
  • Zumba, Swing dancing, Argentine Tango

  • Photos
    Link to some of my pictures on various photohosting sites

    Other Links
  • My Blog
  • On Facebook