CURRENT MISSION

in love with life and other trivia....

ABOUT ME

I believe life is a journey - and I hope to arrive not expecting more wealth than the riches I have gained along the way. In the meantime there is music to dance to, poems to shout out, people to celebrate and debates to be chiseled out of fine arguments - and 'change', possible :)

PHILOSOPHY

I am a die hard left liberal. I am also very intolerant of religious fundamentalism and right wing politics. I believe change is possible but it had to begin inside oneself. I also believe that we are here so that we can share, build, connect and become better people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am new to this community and am eager to watch, listen and learn. I have heard stories of such generosity and graciousness that I hope I am able to live up to some of it :) Right now I wish to participate by offering a bed in my home in Bangalore.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A complete newbie. Waiting to jump right in.

Interests

Passionate about politics, poetry, polemics and not necessarily in that order. I love to travel, meet people and places, converse, argue and debate. I love narrative films, impressionist and expressionist art, political theatre and ghazals. I am also a bookworm. Sometimes on certain Wednesdays or Fridays, I get the dancing bug and am out parting till the wee hours of the morning.

• arts
• poetry
• dancing
• cooking
• partying
• politics
• trivia
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

I am a complete film buff and watch atleast 3 films every week :)I watch Indian films in various languages, English films as well as films in other languages. Iranian films have been my favourite for sometime.

I am an avid reader and will read any fiction and poetry. however, I have an aversion to non fiction though I am seriously trying to change that. I have developed a recent taste in graphic novels.

I am very old fashioned when it comes to music - so ghazals, old hindi film music, beatles, joan baes, dylan, janis joplin, farida khanum, begum akhtar...yes, pretty mixed up in the 70s!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Amazing happens quite often in life. Wouldn't be fair to pick just one :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I write. Poetry mainly. Also articles on my subject - non profits. I can share that. And my experiences of the not for profit sector in India. I can also share my cooking skills. I am an obsessive organiser - be it a party, a trip or personal finances. I could help with that too! I have learnt Indian classical dance and have a masters - anyone wanna learn that?

Would love to learn to be patient. And give up little control :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Kenya, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India

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