CURRENT MISSION

autonomous togetherness

ABOUT ME

I bond with people over experiences, food and drink. Love the outdoors, live music, good stories and crazy adventures!

I have a big Indian family that I love to no end. Having lived in the US for 8 years, I have both found and lost myself. I am traditional but extremely open minded, often serious but always plotting schemes and jokes, I'm a hippy but I'm dapper, a lover and hater of gossip and conspiracy - full of contradictions yet very simple.

I am a firm believer that true passion makes anything happen and am lucky to have found that passion early, in helping India and the world build sustainable infrastructure. My current battle is to eliminate energy waste in Hospitals.

PHILOSOPHY

True passion combined with positivism in thinking, attitude and action yields great results

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting and surfing away

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted a few people with my friend and fellow CS-er Alex Loijos in our old apartment in Cambridge; have hosted a few people in my current apartment - its not for everyone but fun for others!

Interests

Jungles, Tree houses, waterfalls, hiking, food, drink, music, dance, road tripping, climbing, adventure sports, conversations, animals

• culture
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• indian food
• drinking
• music
• live music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• surfing
• sports
• rock climbing
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Live music of any kind, house, electro, latin, funk, disco, bollywood, punjabi, ghazals Artists I like and have been lucky to see in concert in 2011: Balkan Beat Box, Tinariwen, Los Amigos Invisibles, DeadMau5, Justice, Vitalic, Gypsy Kings, Bonobo, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, RJD2 Artists I am dying to see: Gotan Project, Theivery Corporation, Bandish Projekt, Atif Aslam, Black Eyed Peas, Royksopp, Gramatik, Rodrgio y Gabriela, Otros Aires, Omar Faruk Tekbilek

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Held hands with an (almost) wild Orangutan for half hour in Sumatra, experienced bio-luminescence in the Amazon, helped visually impaired students learn and live confidently, road tripped across the US, started a business (still growing), ended up in Fortune, Forbes, Economic Times, was invited to meet the Indian Prime Minister, invented prosciutto parantha, saw lions mating in the wild...

Teach, Learn, Share

Learn: Farming, sustainable living, gratitude, meditation, quirky things (practices, rituals, beliefs, etc.) about different cultures, whipping up a tasty meal, new music, your stories!

Teach: Spontaneity, harmlessly breaking rules, energy management, single malt scotch whiskey drinking, positivism, business planning, multi- and cross-cultural thinking...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I am very energetic and willing to lend a hand to help my hosts with whatever you need.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nepal, Panama, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States