Hi,
I am 25, from Mumbai India. I studied electrical engineering at IIT Bombay, work as a Management Consultant but queerly identify myself as an activist, curator and a politics enthusiast. I led a students' Queer group on campus and have been trying to instill a liberal political discourse on a mostly apolitical campus of an engineering Institute.

I love to engage myself in art- both personal and public. A general send of good aesthetics is what I love about cities and I want to be the flaneur who listens to what different places have to tell me.

I love traveling and have been to Mexico, the US, Canada, Trinidad, Suriname, Guyana, Jamaica, Nepal, Bhutan and a multitude of places in India. I intent to keep this list growing further.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Traveling involves making and sharing experiences and what better than being with those who know their cities best.

Interests

Filmmaking, Indian politics, Queer Identity, Cooking, Salsa.

• arts
• photography
• film making
• dining
• cooking
• indian food
• politics
• traveling
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

Norah Jones, Sinatra, Stromae, apart from a multitude of other musicians both from India and abroad. I sing the tunes of my native land too...

I am currently exploring hindi-urdu authors (translated in english) as Manto, Ismat Chughtai, etc. Also Borges, Camus, Poe, etc. But I usually read non-fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been to the United Nations to speak about LGBTQ rights in India and the role UN can play in it. :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to cook Indian food, Hindi Language, basic photography, and basic basic French.

:)

I wish to learn how to cook things that I don't know.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Sense of life... What I believe in and why do I choose to believe in them. What shapes me, the questions that I ask and try to explore.

Apart from that I wish to share some cultural understanding of India, the politics, the art, the people of this wonderful and diverse land.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Canada, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Jordan, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Suriname, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United Arab Emirates