Shashank Shekhar

Music and Movies
- I like old Hindi film music, folk, and gazals. Mehdi Hassan, Jagjit Singh, and Ghulam Ali are my all-time favorites.
- I also like movies that raise pertinent thoughts. My favorite directors are Anurag Kashyap, Ram Gopal Varma, and Tigmanshu Dhulia. Ijaazat, Ankho Dekhi, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Pinjar, Gangs of Wasseypur 1 and 2, Ugly, Maqbool, Paan Singh Tomar, Bheja Fry, Piku, and Masaan, are some of my favorite movies.
- I admire the acting skills of people like Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Manoj Bajpayee, Irrfan Khan, KK Menon, Pankaj Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Radhika Apte, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Pankaj Tripathi.

Sports
- I played for Toulouse Cricket Club (since February 2022). I am a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a right handed batsman.
- I was a member of Beer Sheva Cricket Club (BSCC), one of the division one clubs in Israel. I ranked as the number one bowler for my club for League 2020. Overall, I was ranked number two in the country.
- I love to watch cricket. My all-time favorites are Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Glenn McGrath, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

If I am not busy with my research work in one form or the other, then it is highly likely that you will find me on a cricket ground.