Sriram Sankaranarayanan: Personal

I currently live in beautiful Boulder, CO with my family.

Past Places

• Princeton, NJ, USA.

• Palo Alto, CA, USA.

• Kharagpur, India.

• Kolkata, India, (formerly known as Calcutta).

• Pondicherry, India.

• Chennai, India, (formerly known as Madras).

Entertainment

Stuff that currently entertains (partial list):

• Black Mirror (on Netflix).

• Radiolab Podcast.

• Planet Money Podcast.

• Fresh Air.

• Dan Carlin's Hardcore History.

Classic Entertainment

Always entertaining:

• Agatha Christie Poirot.

• Arrested Development.

• Monty Python.

• Yes, Minister.

• Jeeves and Wooster.

Entertainment for the little one

• True magic tales

• Sarah and Duck (quack)

• Wonder, novel by R.J. Palacio and movie.

Past Entertainment

• Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures.

• Sesame Street.

• Daniel Tiger's Neighbourhood.

• My little pony: friendship is magic.

• Teletubbies.

Bike Rides

My favorite bike rides in Boulder (in terms of scenery and challenge).

• Boulder to El Dorado Canyon.

• Boulder to Olde Stage Road.

• Boulder to Jamestown.

• Boulder to Ward, CO.

Reading List

Fall 2017

• Artemis by Andy Weir

• James Moriarty, Consulting Criminal by Andy Weir

• We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor

• For We are Many by Dennis E. Taylor

• All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor

• Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky

• A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles.

• Remains of the Day by Kazhuo Izhiguro.

Summer 2017

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

• A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carre

• Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

Spring 2017

• Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions (Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths).

• Norse Mythology (Neil Gaiman).

• The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood).

• The English Patient (Michael Oondatje).

Fall 2016

• Brutally hard semester: no time to read for fun :-)

Summer 2016

• Sandman vol.1: Preludes and Nocturnes (Neil Gaiman).

• The Rise and Fall of Nations (Ruchir Sharma)

• Traffic: Why we drive the way we do (Tom Vanderbilt).

Spring 2016

• Gratitude (Oliver Sacks).

Fall 2015

• When Breath Becomes Air (Paul Kalanithi).

• Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (Neil Gaiman).

• Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick).

• The Toss of a Lemon (Padma Viswanathan).

• The Short Drop (Matthew Fitzsimmons).

• Bazaar of Bad Dreams (Stephen King).

• The Veteran (Frederick Forsyth).

• The Martian (Andy Weir).

Summer 2015

• All the light we cannot see (Anthony Doerr).

• Skyfaring: A Journey With a Pilot (Mark Vanhoenacker).

• Dear Committee Members (Julie Schumacher).

• Do No Harm (Henry Marsh).

• Far From the Tree (Andrew Solomon).

• Flood of Fire (Amitav Ghosh).

• Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie).