Deepak
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | New York, New York, United States |
| Introduction | I was born, raised and received formal education in New Delhi, India. I live and work in New York. |
| Interests | I enjoy travel but dislike being a tourist and prefer to avoid the oft beaten paths of tourists. |
| Favorite movies | I mostly enjoy independent cinema, foreign cinema and shy away from mainstream, Hollywood blockbusters. Some of my favorites are..... The Shawshank Redemption, The History Boys, Zodiac, Casino Royale, Closer, Finding Nemo, Beautiful Thing, Longtime Companion, Pride & Prejudice, Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil, Twister, ET, Shortbus, Making Love, Atonement, Children of Men, Ratatouille, Brokeback Mountain, Volver, TransAmerica, Kinsey, Bubble (Israeli), Infamous, Talented Mr. Ripley, The Piano Teacher, Little Children, Notes of a Scandal, Bad Education, Away From Her, Queen, Kite Runner, Devil Wears Prada, The Hours, Bent, The Woodsman, The Mother, The Mudge Boy, His Secret Life (Italian), Son Frere (French), House of Sand and Fog, Lan Yu, Big Eden, Tom & Viv, The Magdalene Sisters, Talk to Her, Walk on Water (Israeli), The Station Agent, Gods & Monsters, Machinist, Shattered Glass, The Secret Lives of Dentists, Trembling Before G-D, Damage, Angels in America, Monsoon Wedding, Dirty Pretty Things, Sum of Us, Pieces of April, The Spanish Prisoner, The Control Room, Borstal Boy, My Beautiful Laundrette, Swimming Pool, Dancing in Lughnasa (Meryl Streep), Fire (Indian), Water (Indian), My Brother Nikhil (Indian), Keys to the House, Eastern Promises, History of Violence, The Lives of Others, Bend it Like Bekham, Running With Scissors, .... and many more! |
| Favorite music | Mostly Indian music. Anything Lata Mangeshkar (referred to as the "Nightingale of India") sings is music to my ears. I absolutely adore her and her voice. Not much of a fan of contemporary Indian music. Prefer old tunes. I also enjoy other World Music. Bought some CDs from Israel, Egypt which I enjoy. I also enjoy Asha Bhonsle (Lata's younger sister) very much....and almost all of R.D. Burman compositions (he was a genius!). I enjoy Ravi and Anoushka Shankar and try to be an audience to their Carnegie concerts. |
| Favorite books | Used to be a voracious reader at one time but not anymore. Lately Jhumpa Lahiri has caught my attention. She authored The Namesake. |