Well..I've many interests...Like

1. Reading : I like to read magazines, newspapers, novels etc. My favorite magazines are :
   
   • India Today
   • Time
   • Reader's Digest
   • Praantik
   My Favorite newspapers are:
   • The Times of India
   • The Hindu
   • The Dawn (Pakistani daily)
   • The New York Times
   • The Sentinel
   • The Assam Tribune
   My favorite Assamese writers are:
   • Homen Buragohain
   • Dr Bhabendra Nath Saikia
   • Phanindra Dev Chowdhury
   • Sheelabhadra etc.
   Among English literature, I like mostly classics. My favorite writers are:
   • Ernest Hemingway
   • Charles Dickens
   • Sir Arthur Conan Doyels
   • H.G. Wells
   • Jane Austen etc.

2. Music : I'm very much fond of music. I just simply don't exist without music. I like a wide variety of music.
   My favorite Assamese singers are:
   • Dr Bhupen Hazarika
   • Jayanta Hazarika
   • Biren Dutta
   • Jubin Garg
   • Pulak Banerjee etc.
   In addition, I like Jyoti Sangeet and Rabha Sangeet.
   

   I like the old Hindi numbers of Kishore Kumar, Mahammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar etc. I like ghazals of Ghulam Ali, Jagjit & Chitra Singh. I like to listen to Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma's santoor, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia' flute, and Pandit Ravi Shankar's sitar . Oh, I forgot to mention A.R. Rahman!..I'm a great fan of him too...

   Among western singers/groups, my favorites are:
   • The Beatles
   • Bryan Adams
   • Michael Learns to Rock
   • Boyzone
   • Celin Dione etc.

3. Chatting : I do chat a lot with my friends in real life and in internet-chats. The favorite place to chat here in IITK is in the lawn and the canteen of our Hall-IV.

   In Internet, my favorite chat site is Alamak. I've got some good chat friends. You'll come to know about them in the friends page. I prefer instant messengers for chatting. My screen-name in AOL's instant messenger is jsaikia and my id in Yahoo messenger is also jsaikia. Do you use these messengers? If you use these, you're welcome to send IM to me.

4. Travelling : I've not gone abroad yet...But I wanna see the entire world in my life.

5. Swimming : I've learnt swimming after coming to IITK...

6. Movies : My favorite actresses are:
   • Aishwarya Rai
   • Preity Zinta
   • Waheeda Rahman
   • Smita Patil
   Titanic is my all time favorite movie...I've seen this movie about 10 times...

7. Dreaming : I like to dream a lot...It's enjoyable to be Moongarilaal sometimes

8. Sleeping : How can I forget that I've missed many early morning classes due to my sleep? I like sleeping...Do you too like it?