Interests
On the side, I love music, sketching, and playing / watching tennis
Music
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Piano has been a hobby for me since childhood, both in adapting popular music and in classical theory, preparation, and performance.
In addition to western music, I spent more than ten years learning Hindustani classical singing, which offered experience spanning extempore improvisation, study of ragas, and different styles.
Repertoire and etude pieces from preparation for a Royal Conservatory of Music exam.
Sketches
I've always enjoyed pencil sketching in my free time, especially portraits of my favorite athletes and still life, the most recent of which includes Ace — my cat — and portraits of Roger Federer and Jayson Tatum. I was fortunate enough to get Fed's portrait signed when he visited Dartmouth for his commencement speech.
Ace
My siberian cat
Roger Federer
GOAT
Jayson Tatum
Celtics legend
Some of my favorite sketches.
Tennis
Tennis has been another constant in my life, and I was lucky enough to help lead my high school tennis team to a state championship win my senior year. I've kept my love for the sport through college, playing alongside teammates on the Dartmouth club team.
Despite being an overused metaphor across many contexts, tennis has definitely given me a great perspective on dealing with challenges: finding a way to power through adversity alone, winning ugly, and sportsmanship being just a few among many such life lessons.
My most powerful learning came from Federer himself during his Dartmouth commencement speech: even the most successful players barely win more than 50% of the points they play — a staggeringly unintuitive statistic that emphasizes that "it's just a point." In other words, treat every "point" as the most important in that moment, but invariably move on when the next one arrives.
Match v. Hanover High
Team photo
Amherst Invitational
Tournament team photo
Massachusetts State Champs
Acton-Boxborough as state champions
A few of my happiest moments on the court.
These are just some of the things that keep me grounded and excited while reminding me of the value that comes from cultivating hobbies and spending time across different disciplines, often inspiring ideas and progress in other domains in ways I usually don't expect!