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Autohagiographicus Binadoti
I am a young male of mixed Punjabi and Anglo-Indian extraction currently living in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. I was born in Hyderabad, India and spent most of my life in Virginia Beach. I am now a student at the University of Virginia. I've been a registered user since February of 2004, although I have edited since early 2003, and I've used Wikipedia since 2002.
Politically, as in my interests, I am somewhat eclectic. I am opposed to nationalism, chauvinism, racism, and all forms of intellectual dogmatism. Of course, I still find these things interesting. I suppose I could be called a materialist. Practically speaking, I am a humanist, in the same sense that a fish is a fishist. I believe in non-violence and logic. I find most forms of religion and government unappealing, and philosophically, I am more or less a nontheist, although most of my family is Smartist or Anglican. I have a scholarly interest in Zen Buddhism and Neo-Buddhism, although I don't practice any form of religion.
With respect to VfD, I identify myself as a "commonsensist", like Chriscf. It seems that a lot of Wikipedians base their votes on political concerns, i.e. whether it matches their identity as inclusionists or deletionists. I believe pages should be judged on their own merit.
I tend to make very bold edits, so don't be afraid to revert what I've written, or edit the hell out of it, or leave a message at my talk page. Don't worry about offending me: I'm probably drunk.
I tend to work in solitude, but if you leave me a message I'd be glad to help out with any little thing (as long as it roughly corresponds to my interests).
My main interests
- History, particularly of Britain and Asia
- Linguistics and Philology, particularly Indo-European topics
- Technology, particularly computers
- Economics, especially the Marxian variety
- Philosophy, particularly Popper and Nietzsche
- The works of Shakespeare
- The Simpsons and Futurama
- Science, especially the writings of Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins
- Most well-written science fiction
- Scottish independence, British republicanism, Hawaiian sovereignty, Basque nationalism, etc.
- The films of Akira Kurosawa and Satyajit Ray
- The History of Buddhism, especially Ch'an and Zen
Some articles I've created (*or destubbified)
Arts & Entertainment
Ánimas Trujano -- Casino Royale (2006 film) (most of the content moved from Bond 21) -- Samurai I -- Soviet Television -- Stonecutters -- The Lower Depths -- The United States Steel Hour
Biographical
Vincent Ebrahim -- Kamatari Fujiwara -- Shinobu Hashimoto -- Ken Keeler -- Machiko Kyo -- Barney Martin -- George Savalas -- Fritz Weaver -- Joseph Wiseman -- Louis Wolheim
Buddhism
Tenshin Reb Anderson -- Bodhimandala -- Houn Jiyu-Kennett -- Nyogen Senzaki -- Hsu Yun
Linguistics
Adstratum -- Agent (grammar) -- Chereme -- Chômeur -- Dene-Caucasian languages -- Dissimilation -- Dummy pronoun -- Generic mood -- Gesamtbedeutung -- Interpretant -- Irrealis -- Kiranti languages -- Language contact* -- Language merger* -- Linking R -- Mesolect -- Modistae -- Oligosynthetic language -- Origo -- Patient (grammar) -- Proto-Kiranti -- Register (linguistics) -- Semantic drift -- Sergei Starostin -- Superfamily (linguistics) -- Superstratum -- Verbum dicendi -- Weather verb -- Wörter und Sachen
Miscellaneous
Airstone -- Aliquant -- Aliquot -- Ball pit -- Cara al Sol -- Comrade -- En-suite -- Ebtx -- Fan death -- Humanzee -- Mongolian spot -- Movement Against the Monarchy -- Night-blindness -- Petrichor -- Pruno -- Stretch marks -- Studio apartment -- Terry Jones' Medieval Lives
Multi-lincense
I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below: Template:DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual