CURRENT MISSION

To figure out my raison d'être

ABOUT ME

A mostly harmless work-in-progress: down-to-earth, quite straight-forward, curious, a little eccentric, rational, open-minded (or so I believe), witty/dry/easy-going humour, slightly introverted, like the relaxed company of old friends and the ocean of possibility with new friends...:-)

Here are a few footnotes, though, "I...

Note1: like discussing politics, economics, science, society/culture, law, movies, music, philosophy, psychology, etc. I might not know much on each of these subjects, but I sure would love to...

Note2: am not a regular 'party' person. :( But, give me hiphop, jive, Latin, Club and - strangely enough, these days - Bollywood, then I just might be convinced to shake a rather self-conscious leg.

As a guest to India, if you are looking for someone to give you the low-down on how one might... well.. 'Party like a rockstar', I might be woefully inadequate. :) But, some of my friends do, so I could put you in touch with them.

Note3: can come across as aloof/taciturn (which is belied by the elaborate profile description here, of course), as well as extremely garrulous. Yes, I know they are opposites... :/

Note4: like doing a whole bunch of things: watch a movie, catch a play, learn a dance/musical instrument/language, try out new restaurants/cuisines, attend a concert, talk over a nice meal/coffee/drink, go bowling, play cards, play any sport (but not cricket I'm afraid :) ), etc...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host people when I can (when my crazy schedule doesnt play spoilsport), I help out with queries people have on the city I live in (especially on finding accommodation which is an undeniable ordeal in Bangalore), I occasionally meet with other CSers in my city and have met a few couchsurfers when traveling elsewhere...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Unfortunately not. Came back from Europe and then discovered it. Life's a bit of a bum sometimes.

Interests

I like learning new stuff (Anything really: languages, dancing, so on and so forth);

Going for small concerts - generally on world music, fusion, western classical, jazz (all types, gypsy being preferred)and blues, among others

Stimulating conversations (which is subjective, naturally), hanging out with old friends, meeting interesting people

Watching entertaining plays (theatre)

I like swimming, playing Basketball, Football, Table tennis, Tennis, etc

Enjoying delicious food (I am quite the foodie)

Watching T.V serials (the entertaining English ones,viz, House, Dexter, Glee, The Good Wife, In Treatment, etc, etc);

Movies (too many to speak of: Mostly English and some Hindi, French and German);

Watching Anime (no, not cartoons) and Reading Manga: Bleach, Naruto, Avatar, Code Geass, Death Note, Shijou Saikyo..., etc

Reading Fiction, my daily news and the occasional periodical :)

Strumming my Guitar and...

Singing myself hoarse - one of my favourite interests, tho not necessarily my friends' :)

(Interests not exactly in the above order)

• culture
• singing
• concerts
• dancing
• dining
• coffee
• partying
• drinking
• clubbing
• politics
• news
• anime
• cartoons
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• coding
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• blues
• world music
• sports
• basketball
• cricket
• soccer
• tennis
• swimming
• table tennis
• bowling
• economics
• languages
• law
• psychology
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

I dont have favorites - be it cuisine, movies, songs/artistes, books, etc. I do believe that variety is the spice of life. however, in general...

Movies (mostly English): Anything good, be it a comedy (my first pref), action, drama or a thriller, though horror is a strict no-no.

Music: hiphop, blues, rock, pop, jazz, western classical, retro/oldies, occasionally metal, etc.

Books:
Gen. Fiction - Follet, Grisham, Archer, Ludlum, & Sheldon, James Clavell (Shogun series), Eric Van Lustbader, Isabel Allende (House of Spirits), Sue Townsend (Adrian Mole), Ayn Rand (Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged),James Herriot and Roald Dahl, among others
Fantasy, Sci-Fi: George R R Martin, Tolkein,Gemmell, Jonathan Strange, Bartimaeus Trilogy, Philip Pullman, etc
The occasional work of hardcore literature/the classics :)
and P.G Wodehouse; he is a comic genius!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

India

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