Jashn Hai Zindagi

People in the city: Aditya Pathak

by Aakriti Sawhney, Hindustan Times

New Delhi, September 06, 2011

(Also, included as text below)

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Hometown: Delhi

College: Amity School of Engineering & Technology (ASET)

Number of Facebook friends: 649 plus the 440 friends who Like my page

Best website: google.com

Favourite book: Not much into books. Though I often like reading, listening to audio books about various anecdotal experiences shared by Osho and Ramana Maharishi

Favourite quote: Creativity is an attitude. Anything can be creative. – Osho

Favourite film : The ones which come bundled with full length director’s commentary and well-designed behind the scenes sequences

Sexual preference: Straight

Long hair or short hair:  Short

Beer or wine: None

Sandals or sneakers: Sandals

You can never have too many:  Apps in my phone

Favourite dive bar: None

Janpath or Sarojini Nagar:  Both – but not for shopping. I just like being there

Korean cuisine or Konkan cuisine: Never experienced any of these

Who does your hair: Kishan or any one else at a local saloon in Saket. It costs Rs. 50.

Who inspires you:  My mom

Your last regret purchase: A video DVD pack of some Aura/Ambient music stuff worth Rs. 1,500. Unlike the attractive packing, they were actually badly knit wallpapers with some mediocre music scores

Best thing you’ve ever bought: There are two such things – my iMac for around Rs. 70,000 and my Walden Concorda guitar for Rs. 20,000

Favourite market in Delhi: Musicland, Saket and various shops scattered across Saket and Malviya Nagar

Delhi summer or Delhi winter: Delhi Winters, as I’ve made a musical composition by that name too

Money in your wallet (at the moment): Rs. 2,700

Would love to have dinner with: my family

Know him better
An advisory data engineer (GIS domain), music composer and a filmmaker, Pathak also conducts a variety of workshops including music and filmmaking.

* My Music: Conducted on Sundays, the 90 minute long workshop explores the various aspects of music composition
* My Music: The almost 100 minutes long workshop is conducted on Sundays and is based on the various aspects of filmmaking

For more information, log on to www.adityapathak.net