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Tejaswi Kasarla
Tejaswi Kasarla

Listing some of the things on the internet and offline that I enjoy[/ed] in my free time.

📻 Podcasts · 📚 Books · ☕ Coffee

Podcasts

  • Houston, We Have a Podcast [webpage]
  • Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats with Devi Parikh [webpage]
  • Food, But We Digress by Alex (French Guy Cooking) [spotify]
  • The Anthropocene Reviewed with John Green [spotify]
  • Women in STEM Career & Confidence by Hannah Roberts [spotify]

Books

📊 Tracking my books in 2021 & 2022 on Notion

Fiction

  • The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
  • The Lord of the Rings Series by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  • The Martian by Andy Weir
  • The Great Gatsby by Scott F. Fitzgerald
  • The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; Murder on the Orient Express; And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams · Borrow from OpenLibrary!

Non-Fiction

  • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • Deep Work by Cal Newport
  • The Emperor of All Maladies; The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
  • The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh · I’d recommend this the most if you like math humor in a TV show
  • Endurance by Scott Kelly
  • What If? by Randall Munroe
  • Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

Essays

  • A Mathematician’s Apology by G.H. Hardy · read this after I watched this incredible video!
  • The Cathedral and The Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond

Coffee

Inspired by coffee pages from other researchers: Justine Sherry, Divyansh Kaushik, Akshay Narayan, I have curated coffees I enjoyed in India and Amsterdam. I enjoy brewing with Aeropress and Mokapot (and sometimes espresso)!

Amsterdam

  • Rum Baba Coffee Roasters
  • Simon Levelt has a large selection of good quality coffees and teas

India

Favorite coffee roasters

Kerehaklu, a 70 year old estate in Chikmanglur supplies coffee to multiple coffee roasters across the country; I have sampled most of their coffees and loved it!

  • Third Wave Coffee Roasters
  • Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters
  • Toffee Coffee Roasters
  • KC Roasters
  • Instant Coffee from VS Mani Co.

Favorite cafes

I like these cafes for both the coffee selection and the foods they have. I have enjoyed both brewed specialty coffee and cappuccinos at these places.

  • Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, Bangalore · They source wonderful sourdough breads from Sour House India and have quite a delicious selection of open toasts.
  • Third Wave Coffee Roasters, Bangalore · Their selection of classic bagels is a perfect addition to your coffee.
  • Dyu Art Cafe, Bangalore · A pretty location and beautiful interiors. Their scrambled eggs are exactly how scrambled eggs are supposed to be: light and fluffy!
  • Roastery Coffee House, Hyderabad
  • Feranoz, Hyderabad · The best patisserie in the city, their cakes and desserts are the best I’ve tasted so far! They have a good selection of coffee and freshly brewed teas to go with your desserts.

📝 Note: If you want general recommendations for best foods to try and best places to eat in Bangalore and Hyderabad (and not just cafes), drop me a message.

💬 Text me on twitter if you have any recommendations!