Hi! 👋 I’m Abhinav, a master’s student in Social Management from Gujarat and a part-time traveler 🧳 with a deep passion for exploring India 🇮🇳. What drives my love for travel is the sense of courage, valor, and freedom 🗺️ it gives me. As a social science student 📚, I’m deeply fascinated by the diverse traditions, behaviors, and norms across communities 🌏—especially in rural settings, where sociology and economics come alive in unique ways.

Traveling also helps me grow as a participant observer 👀 and an aspiring ethnographer ✍️. I see each journey as an opportunity to connect with people 🤝, understand their ways of life, and learn from their stories 📖. From the bustling streets of cities 🏙️ to the quiet charm of rural villages 🌄, every experience enriches my perspective on the world.

I enjoy trekking 🥾, exploring local cuisines 🍛, and engaging in meaningful conversations over chai ☕. As a guest & host, I’d love to share my knowledge about Indian culture, assist with academic topics 💡, or cook a traditional Indian meal 🍲. Through Couchsurfing, I hope to build connections 🤗, exchange stories 🗣️, and create unforgettable memories ✨.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am on couchsurfing because i wanna cherish, interact and complement diversity (culture, norms, tradition etc.) of people residing into the stratum, to build different point view or, say, perspective.

Interests

My interests are: cultural heritage, because I feel myself as an integrated part of it, detachable.

• cooking
• drawing
• hitchhiking
• trekking
• research
• poetry writing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music Album: Sukoon by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Books: Suicide by Durkheim
Movie: Tamasha

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Once I was on a solo trip to Matheran, Mumbai, Maharashtra. There I found an emotionally broke fellow, who had a recent breakup. I found him sitting quite there, while trekking. I started chit-chat with him. He opened himself, that I have been his fellow mate for a long time. This made me "stunned".

"sometimes we just need a push, we made our way out of it, whether, it's hell."

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: How to plan daily life?
Learn: How to get rid of procrastination?
Share: Desire makes you wise, but at the same time makes you greedy.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can offer the host to help them in cooking food, and sharing various recipes of my native place and will offer some good dishes with due permission.

Countries I’ve Visited

India

Countries I’ve Lived In

India