CURRENT MISSION

To travel, shoot and interact with different cultures/people/landscapes of the world

ABOUT ME

Too much to put in a paragraph. I am an engineer with a wild creative side. I am a photographer, writer (finished my first novel recently), cook, traveler, Mensan, gadget junkie, movie addict( with a minimum of 7/week), tequila connoisseur, Muay Thai enthusiast, wine snob, Theosophist, and an ex-webcomics writer. While my profession pays for my toys (and I also love doing it), of late, I have become filled with wanderlust and it is my goal to visit a new country every year and then hopefully, every month. You can see my pictures, movie reviews & comics at

www.flickr.com/photos/ashwinmudigonda
www.stoolsnroses.blogspot.com

PHILOSOPHY

Cesium-133 is the root of all our problems. Time, as we define it, is due to this stupid element.

"Unfetter from Cesium" is my motto.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Through hosting and going camping with other outdoors loving CS'ers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have been hosted while traveling and hosted travelers. The traveler is wiser than the one who has never left home and this I strongly subscribe to.

Interests

Photography, writing, reading, gorging on movies, sketching cartoons, working out, playing the classical guitar, camping, coding.

• writing
• books
• photography
• film making
• sketching
• cooking
• wine
• working out
• comics
• cartoons
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• coding
• guitar
• outdoor activities
• camping
• engineering

Music, Movies, and Books

All of
Stephen King (my first teacher), John Saul, Dean Koontz, Michael Crichton, Robin Cook, R.K. Narayan, Arthur Clarke (esp the Rama series), Asimov, Arthur Hailey, Salman Rushdie (my second teacher), Joseph Heller, Peter Benchley, Rohinton Mistry.

Calvin n Hobbes, Gary Larson's Far Side, MAD (loyal subscriber), Popular Science, Popular Mechanics;

Back of cereal boxes, shampoos, food cartons, menu cards, ingredients on packets, empty tissue papers, Rorschach Inkblot pictures, multimeter readings, lines on my palm, mile stone numbers;

Current Read: The Secret Doctrine.

Movies: Oh god! Where do I begin - The Maid, Elizabeth, Mary and Max, Such a Long Journey, Porco Rosso, 13 Tzameti, Sin Nombre, Samurai Champloo, The Fall, The Edge of Heaven, The Cave of the Yellow Dog, The Violin, Mongol, Triplets of Bellville, Valentin, 4 months 3 weeks and 2 days, Lust, Caution, The Bird People of China, Gozu, The Man who wasn't there, Scenes from a Marriage, The Man from Earth, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Lilya 4-ever, Princess Mononoke, La Haine, Awakenings, Baraka, Blind, The Quiet American, The Last Days, Persepolis, The Dinner Game, Tully, The Chorus, The Dying Gaul, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The House of Sand...

Seriously I can go on with another 100. And these are only my favorites.

Music: Broadly, Psybient, Ambient, Ambient Techno, Hindustani, World, Flamenco.
A few artists I love: A.R Rahman, Shulman, Ikarus, Enigma, Carbon Based Lifeforms, Tulku, Anoushka Shankar, Karsh Kale, Louis Banks, Niraj Chag, Prem Joshua, Govinda, Shantel, Peter Gabriel, Agricantus and a whole dictionary of Hindustani artists!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekked to behind the Taj Mahal for an early morning photo.

Teach, Learn, Share

Share: Photography, Travel stories, Witticisms, Cooking,

Learn: Photography, Travel tips, Cooking, Film making, Writing,

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bhutan, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Panama, Spain, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States

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