hello everyone,

I am chandra, born and brought up in gujarat, India. I am a fourth year student of Arcitecture from CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Currently studying Architecture in ETH Zurich, Switzerland. My stay in Europe as been great so far and wish to learn a lot more through travelling. I am very much fond of knowing the culture of different places, trying out different cuisines, travelling about etc.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I recently got to know about couchsurfing and i think its wonderful oppurtunnity to get to know new people new traditions. Its a perfect way of cultural exchange. The essence of a place are the people and couchsurfing allows us to interact with the local people which might not be possible in the usual tourist way.

Interests

Travelling, sketching, ceramics, cooking, badminton, reading, history etc.

• culture
• architecture
• sketching
• perfumes
• festivals
• cooking
• desserts
• vegetarian
• reading
• traveling
• pottery
• painting
• drawing
• badminton
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Books
A thousand splendid suns, Khaled Hosseini.
The god of small things, Arundhati Roy.
The adventures of feluda, Satyajit Ray.
Gora, Rabindranath Tagore.
The secret adversary, Agatha Christie.
The adventures of sherlock homes, Sir Arthur Canon doyle.
Does my head look big in this, Randa Abdel-Fattah
and usually autobiographical and detective novels

Movies
Lots and lots of them but to name a few
The colors of paradise(Turkish)
Motorcycle diaries
Mulan
A crazy little thing called love(thai) ........etc

Music
I dont have any biased taste for a particular music genre, I like listening any kind of music that makes me feel good or even bad, but the important thing is it should be felt.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Still waiting for that moment :) .

Teach, Learn, Share

Well I can teach cooking.. specially Indian desserts as I love desserts. Among other things that probably I can teach are drawing and painting, maybe a little bit of science perhaps and about the rich Indian traditions and cultures and history specially that of South India (as I am basically from a South Indian family).

There are millions of things i would be glad to learn. But the most important out of those would be culture, local festivals and traditions, local vegetarian dishes, perhaps the local languange or dialect and history.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My experience in my life so far

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, India, Nepal, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Switzerland