My name is Aalok, and I am a doctor by profession. I run my own clinic here in Mumbai. My interests are: mending my typewriters (of which I have more than a dozen), reading, writing, philately, penpalling, classical music, open-water swimming, backpacking, road-cycling, ornithology, trekking, archaeology, walking around the neighbourhood, thrifting, and learning about cultures from abroad. My favourite authors are Hofstadter and Vonnegut, and my favourite genres are historical fiction, speculative/dystopian fiction, scientific non-fiction, literary fiction, and contemporary fiction.