About Me
ArinGram.com, established in 2020
Hello, everyone! I am Arindam and this is, obviously, my blog. Let me finish with the formalities first. I will start with my introduction. I am a computer science student at Fergusson College. I like academics and I am really enjoying my subject. Particularly, I am interested in the reasearch in Computational Sciences. It is a branch of computer science that integrates two of my favourite topics: theoretical computer science (design and analysis of algorithms, automata theory and gamthe theory), and Machine Learning. And of course AI forms a sizeable chunk of it. I also love math, which I have chosen as my minor subject at college. That is my formal introduction. Apart from my professional life, there are quite a few things I like. To know about them, and read a short story about the foundation of this blog, continue reading.
Now, I like to do a lot of things in my free time . It may be cooking, eating, painting, sketching, stargazing, science, or even just a good old game of cricket. I know that’s a very random collection of interests, but then again, I am a very unique person. And yes, I do act a little like Hercule Poirot, now and then. (If you didn’t understand, don’t worry. It’s just me being a nerd.) But the three things which I love dearly, are reading, writing, and art.
This is my blog about all the things I love doing. I will be posting reviews about books that I have read, paintings and sketches which I have made, and an occasional short story written by me.
Along with being a pretty good cook, an amateur cricketer, and a hobbyist painter, I am also an avid reader. If I were told to choose only one thing that I would have to do for my entire life beside eating and sleeping, I would choose reading, be it fiction, or a good article on an academic subject of my interest (I usually don’t go in for self-help or literary non-fiction). Just like a sportsman is always sport for a good game, I, too, am always sport for a good read, be it day or night.
In my room, there stands a very old teak-wood cupboard. And it is this one, that’s filled with my books. I have been reading and collecting them ever since I first learnt the alphabet (I can read in Hindi, English, Marathi, and French, and additionally, speak Gujarati and Bengali too). I actually conducted a mini-census of my own to see how many books I actually owned. The total sum came up to four-hundred and sixty three! Cool, right? Anyway, I am not a fussy reader, and my collection contains all sorts of books. From comics to classics to novels, you can find them all. But then again, why am I writing this? Why am I telling you guys about this? You will find that answer (if you want to find it, that is) if you will be so kind so as to please continue reading on to the next paragraph.
A lot of the times in school, when I tell my friends that I like to read, they make wry faces and think that I am nerd (I actually am, I admit). But when I ask them about reading, they say it is boring and not entertaining enough. After so many years of thinking (it literally has been years), I came to the conclusion that they just aren’t reading the right book.
For example, when you go shopping, there are some clothes that suit you, and some that don’t. In the same way, there are different books that suit your interests. You cannot make a child read and like “To Kill a Mockingbird”, or make an old man a fan of “Harry Potter”. The child won’t be able to understand “To Kill a Mockingbird” and the old man will feel that “Harry Potter” is too childish. So if you give a person a book that suits his or her mindset (for example, fast paced, or funny, or serious), the person will actually like reading it. So what is the solution?
Book reviews. I, on this blog, will be posting in-depth reviews of several books which I have read and will be reading. In the reviews, you will find information about the author, the genre, the main review and many more things that will not only help you make a decision about your next read, but will also tell you whether you will like it, before you buy it. I will try to make the reviews as simple and fun every body to understand.
My blog aims to give you guys various ideas to do something creative or maybe to easily help you to find the right book for you. And if you’re already very busy to do such things, no worries – you can always read the reviews of the books rather than the books that I have reviewed! Or just go through my short stories and artwork for a quick and refreshing change for your mind.
I have always considered myself very lucky to be able to do so much of what I love. And, I wish to share my knowledge and information with you guys, too. I hope you enjoy reading my blog as much as I have enjoyed writing it. So, stay tuned for more!
Looking forward to having lots of fun with you guys,
Arindam Bhaduri
Mission
Help people find new ways of entertaining themselves by inspiring them to take up the best form of entertainment there is (according to me) – reading. And painting, too.
Vision
My vision is to inspire people to read for pleasure, instead of necessity.
Values
- Fun
- Free
- Fun + Free = You do the math