Currently studying in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I grew up in New Delhi, India and love traveling to experience new cultures and doing offbeat things. Huge fan of museums and all things historic, culinary and musical. Always root for Arsenal FC

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Looking to meet new people, experience new places with locals, host fellow travelers (when possible)

Interests

Music, reading, soccer (or football as it should be), mountains, wine, photography, social entrepreneurship, energy and sustainability issues, politics

• photography
• wine
• boating
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• soccer
• entrepreneurship
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Seventh Seal, A map for Saturday, Pulp Fiction, the Shawshank Redemption, A walk in the woods, the LOTR universe, Beasts of no nation, Trainspotting, the Ocean's series, all the original Martin Scorsese classics, the Godfather trilogy, the Butler

Books: Anything by Pico Iyer, William Dalrymple, Paul Theroux, Bill Bryson, Neil Gaiman, some fantasy, historical fiction, interesting economics books, poetry by Robert Frost, One Hundred years of Solitude and similar magical realism books, Shantaram, The God of small things, Capital in the 21st Century, Roots, etc. etc.

Music: All jazz classics and modern jazz-electronic, prog rock (Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree), folk and fusion, soul, some metal classics (Black Sabbath, Metallica) and experimenters (SkyHarbor, Orphaned Land)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Went on a boat 'safari' in crocodile inhabited mangrove waters in the Andaman islands. Actually turned out be one of the most peaceful and serene experiences I've ever had.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, India, Malaysia, Netherlands, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States