CURRENT MISSION
To share, learn, create and experience all that we can.

ABOUT ME
I was raised in a Hindu family with rich cultural background and strong religious beliefs but over a period of time I evolved to be a freethinker, a spiritual person and a non believer in religions.

I am one of a kind. I have seen more churches than temples; I have read excerpts from the Bible but have never read the Bhagavad Gita (Holy Book for Hindus); I read the last page of a book/newspaper first; I talk to food at times when its really delicious; I am lactose intolerant :(

I am an optimistic person who doesn't like to control things. I try to love people as they are and I believe that this world needs more love which is indeed a solution to all global issues. I appreciate every small things in life. I try to eat healthy as much as I can and exercise as I find time. I am person with oodles of energy and desire to do everything in this little lifetime.

PHILOSOPHY
Do what you love, life is too short to not do what you love :)))

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I try to host people as and when I can. Due to my busy work schedule on weekdays and travelling on weekends I haven't had had an opportunity to host many Couchsurfers but I have hosted a few people from Estonia, Germany, Mexico, San Marino, Brazil, France, China, Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Belgium in the past.

Occasionally, I go to Couchsurfers meet at times but honestly speaking I'm not very good at it. I've met a few couchsurfers through common friends and Meetups and it always has been a delightful experience.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
My couchsurfing surfing experience has been pleasant so far. I have learnt a lot about people, culture, food and most interestingly people's perspective on life.

HOSTED
Elena Semenova (Russia) for 1 day in 2014
Karan Bhatia and Dilan Caglar (Turkey) for 2 days in 2014
Larissa, Michael and Ilonka (Germany) for 3 days in 2014
Elliot and Lolo (Belgium) for 2 days in 2014
Soum Maya (France) for 2 days in 2015
Emilie Pastis (Germany) for 1 day in 2015
Varvara Chinenova (Russia) for 4 days in 2016
Guido Di Bisceglie (San Marino) for 2 days in 2016
Daniel Ribeiro (Brazil) for 2 days in 2016
Mia Bajic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) for 3 days in 2016
Rafael (Brazil) for 2 days in 2016
Alisa Yezerska (Ukraine) for 2 days in 2016
Sean Ralph (St. Vincent) for 3 days in 2016
Peach Klimkiewicz (Australia) for 2 days in 2016
Adri Cruz (Mexico) for 3 days in 2016
Micha A (USA) for 3 days in 2016
Eulalie (France) for 2 days in 2017
Francesca Casale (Italy) for 2 days in 2017
Abel Perpignal (Argentina) for 1 day in 2017
Huesley Silva (Brazil) for 2 days in 2019
Henry Lewis (USA) for 1 day in 2019
Patrícia Azevedo (Brazil) for 3 days in 2019

SURFED
Diego (Miami) for 4 days in 2012
Sarah Damigh (Pittsburgh) for 3 days in 2013
Cynthia Cabrera (Los Angeles) for 3 days in 2013
Britta Deutschmann (Vienna) for 5 days in 2014
Meike Grothe (Ingolstadt) for 21 days in 2015
Sarah Buck (Berlin) for 2 days in 2015
Kinga Iffiú (Budapest) for 4 days in 2016
Iskren Krastev (Sofia) for 5 days in 2016
Anna Stoyanova (Moscow) for 5 days in 2017

I attended TomorrowWorld 2013 in Atlanta, GA and Lollapalooza Berlin 2015 with a bunch of CSers. They are one of the most memorable weekends of my life. I'm still in touch with a few of them. Everywhere I go, I find couchsurfers very friendly and helping :)

Interests

I like travelling (ofcourse), yoga, listening to music, singing, dancing, playing guitar, cooking, reading, photography, wine, whiskey, live music, concerts, meditation, hiking, languages, culture, talking on subjects such as spirituality, metaphysics, theosophy, philosophy, psychology, economics and what not!

I also play volleyball and swim but I am not a sports person. I may pick up a book every now and then and read. Currently I'm reading ________.

• culture
• writing
• singing
• photography
• concerts
• festivals
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• environment
• cooking
• wine
• exercise
• yoga
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• volleyball
• swimming
• languages
• philosophy
• psychology
• food
• whiskey

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES
Forrest Gump, Happy Gilmore, Cinderella Man, A Beautiful Mind, The Sixth Sense, Life is Beautiful, Inception, Memento, Back to the Future Trilogy, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, LOTR Trilogy, Trainspotting, The Basketball Diaries, Up in Smoke, 40 Year Old Virgin, The Pineapple Express, Dazed and Confused, Wedding Crashers, Crash, Finding Nemo, Wall-E, Up, Despicable Me, Madagascar, Zootopia, Into the Wild, Gravity, We're The Millers, The Dark Knight, City of Angels, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Life of Pi, The Interview, Wolf of Wall Street, La La Land, Dev D, 3 Idiots, Rang De Basanti, Swades, Chak De India, Barfi, Jab We Met, Gangs of Wasseypur, Udta Punjab

TV SERIES
Breaking Bad, How I Met Your Mother, That '70s Show, Friends, Big Bang Theory

MUSIC
Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Led Zepellin, Oasis, Coldplay, John Mayer, Alexi Murdoch, Greg Laswell, Glen Hansard, The Killers, RHCP, The Doors, U2, Radiohead, The Kooks, London Grammar, Bob Marley, Counting Crows, Damien Rice, Iron & Wine, Passenger, Daft Punk, Gipsy Kings, Armin Van Buuren, Gareth Emery, Hazem Belatagui, Above & Beyond, Kygo, Robin Schulz

BOOKS
The Alchemist, 5 People You Meet in Heaven, Conversations with God, The Kite Runner, Im OK You're OK, 5 Points Someone, Life of Pi, A Thousand Splendid Suns, And the Mountains Echoed, Immortality, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Art of Loving, The Wisdom of Enneagram

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking The Waves in Arizona, USA
The Wave is a sandstone rock formation located near the Arizona-Utah border. It is famous among hikers and photographers for its colorful, undulating forms, and the rugged, trackless hike is required to reach it. The Waves is a size of a football field which is located in extreme wilderness in North Coyote Buttes. Due to its pristine and fragile nature only 20 people per day are allowed to hike this area. So, one has to be really lucky to witness this god's beautiful architecture.

I hiked The Waves in Jan 2014 and this hike has been the best and the most rewarding hike of my life. The hike was about 6 miles (10 kms) roundtrip into the mountains. It was surreal, exciting, exhausting, psychedelic and beyond my imagination. It was very moving and powerful experience.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH
Bollywood Dance, Guitar, Hindi, English, Nutrition, Cook Indian food, Survival guide for India :P

LEARN
I want to learn Cooking, Ball Room Dancing, Shuffling, Yoga, Spanish, Roller Skating/Ice Skating, Twerking or anything which sounds exciting and I haven't done so far.

SHARE
Food, Laugh, Stories, Love, Hugs, Music

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, India, United States