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Overview

  • 5 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hindi, Oriya
  • 43, Male
  • Member since 2016
  • Entrepreneur
  • B.Tech, M.Tech, MBA
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

A simple person with spikes of complications in life. I love talking to new people and understanding them. I am smart in some areas of life and absolutely stupid in many others. I keep doing new things both in personal and professional life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting local people and understanding the nuances of a city. I have travelled to many countries and lived in hotels and done the tourist-y things. But some of my best memories have been when a local person went to have food with me or showed me places where I would not have gone normally. So I've realized that from 2016 onwards I'll do couchsurfing whenever possible.

I also would like to host many people from many countries and cultures.

Interests

I love everything related to food. Making it. Eating it. Feeding it. I can cook East Indian and North Indian cuisine with ease.

I love racing and Formula 1 so much so that I used to own a go-karting track for about a year. I currently also run full motion racing simulator centres in India at 4 cities in India. I also have a job but that's boring... Hehe.

I also (try to??) set up new businesses every now and then.

I am also learning carpentry but I'm not very good at it right now !

  • culture
  • dining
  • cooking
  • entrepreneurship
  • robotics
  • formula1

Music, Movies, and Books

My favourite music is Indian Soft Musicals. I love international movies too. Amelie (french) and El secreto de sus ojos (Argentina) are two of my favourites. But most of the movie watching has been Hollywood and Bollywood.

I have lots of books but lately I have not read much. I love semi-autobiographical books of political and business personalities.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Quit my job and went on a 45 day unplanned backpacking trip to USA and Europe.

I learnt Parasailing in 4 weeks and jumped off a hill and survived. I almost broke my leg but survived. I loved it. It was awesome.

I went neck deep in the ocean once even though I didn't know swimming properly.

I think I should stop trying to kill myself... LOL

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook atleast 10+ dishes for you.
I can sing bollywood songs for you.
I can talk all about Indian culture with you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India

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