I'm like most couchsurfers, outgoing, love to travel and meet new people, share stories. But old-school, in many ways. Also, a vegan gourmet.

I am a student, and my research isn't limited to my university degree. Knowing people in itself, for me, is a kind of study.
I want to have long conversations, as much as I can, with as many people and perspectives, as much depth and as long as I can, regardless of how they end. Not much into pop culture, but would like to listen.

Interests

Yes, I love partying all night. And yes, I love long walks along the beach at night.
Tranquility is essential to me and so is a decent amount of insanity.

Interests in a nutshell:

Entertainment- films, music, and the other thousand forms of art.

Leisure- beach, volleyball, dining, painting, poetry.

Adventure- anything that makes you go, "Wtf?!"

Lastly, talking.
Some things would love to talk about:

Politics- International/Indian/British/every other nation-yes, please. (I don't even consider myself a proper beginner, but would love to learn)

Ideology- Trying not to stick to one is also an ideology. So, yes, I am open to opinions, be it anything. I may agree, or disagree, but would respect your opinion regardless.

Philosophy - Please don't talk to me about this if you're gonna start with 'I think life is..' and call it philosophy.
Some agreements with Buddha, Nietzsche, Kant, Plato, Freud, Peter Singer, Confucius, Descartes, Bertrand Russell, Foucault, etc.

(A)Theism: Not denying, not agreeing, not believing, not rejecting, definitely not following any of the two branches, simply agnostic.

Culture: Anthropology (social) interests me deeply. No particular opinions developed yet, when races are compared.

Psychology- Recently started with Jung, Zizek and Freud, so film psychology, psychoanalysis, psychological thrillers, besides, crime, child, media and psychoanalysis.

Anything controversial- yes, please!

• photography
• humanitarian relief
• environment
• pub crawls
• politics
• chess
• socializing
• music
• backpacking
• camping
• art history
• philosophy
• religion
• hitchhiking
• films
• nature
• beach
• biking
• stand up comedy
• comedy
• beach volleyball
• campfires
• web design
• vegetarian cooking
• vegan cooking
• art house
• applied economics

Music, Movies, and Books

Films: Here's some favorites- Hitchcock, Bergman, Scorsese, Nolan, Tarantino, Satyajit Ray, Anurag Kashyap, besides an absolute lynchian.

Music: Anything from drum and bass, blues, dance hall, bachata, trip hop, psychedelic rock, bass, baroque, folk, funk, afrobeat, reggae, tropical, soul, jazz, flamenco, classical to Bollywood.. depends on the song and the artist, and my mood. Love LDR!

Books: Ranges from short stories to, Foucault, Kafka, Twain, Hesse, Borges, Lorca, Chomsky, Cervantes, Arundhati Roy, Bertrand Russel, Miguel Hernández, Hobbes, Amartya Sen, Neitzche, Robert Fisk, etc.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know things, not sure how many I can teach.
Learn? Learning simply about someone's life story would be enough

What I Can Share with Hosts

Food, grammar-nazism, tales of buffoonery.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Poland, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom