A beef-eating, poetry loving, vodka guzzling, inanity spouting, five foot five inches(er, almost) tall bachelor in a world where everyone else is married, I was launched in Trivandrum, capital of God�s own Kerala, India on the First of January, 1972.Fought my way through Engineering and was rewarded with a B.Tech in Applied Electronics and Instrumentation (You're right.I have no clue as to what it means either)for my efforts. Haven�t done anything remotely technical since(or then, for that matter). Soon I realised that I couldn�t make a living by doing anything which calls for exercise of my grey cells. Thus I joined the Civil Services after burning the afternoon oil in Hyderabad and Delhi. My first job was... well.. it's got Defence involved in it, so I better not reveal too much. I have become another of those bureaucrats whom you don't see everyday. As for my current job,let me put it this way. I come to office everyday to check my mail.

The Name Behind The Man

I�m the only guy I know who has been named after a bus;Jayasankar being the name of the bus that took my mom to college. Even now, I wouldn�t mind taking people for an occasional ride(hyuk! hyuk!)The full name is Varampintharayil Sankaran Jayasankar. With an �a� after �y� and no �h� after �s�. That is right. Jayasankar- as in Jayasurya, Jayaprada and er.. Jayalalithaa.

People call me Jayasankar, Jay, Sankar, Sir, Da and a host of other colorful unprintables.

Ego, Super ego

I�ve been variously described as moody, lazy, temperamental, clumsy, perverted, greedy,fat,late, inconsistent, evasive, antagonistic etc. which gives you an idea of what a pain people are. Personally, if you ask me, I�d say I was talented, witty, resourceful , erudite, sensitive, helpful and charming. Which tells you what a good judge of character I am.

I am fluent in Malayalam, English and Hindi and delightfully vague in about 7 other languages which include Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Punjabi, French, Latin and Spanish. I read a lot and think a lot, which means I do nothing. When in a good mood I can sing.My famous rendition of Hotel California,circa 1993 would give Cacofonix a complex. Every now and then, I attempt poetry too.I have done four years of karate, acted in a movie, done a course in Art of Living, taught aspiring civil servants and generally made a fool of myself over the years.

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