CURRENT MISSION

Tick off all items on the current Bucket List as soon as possible

ABOUT ME

Ideas, Humour, Fun, Laughter, Travel (duh!)

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live

“I shambled after as I’ve been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”

Jack Kerouac, On the road

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am new to CS and would love to participate in any way I can. My idea is to meet people from different cultures / people with vast travel experiences and share ideas. I am open to hosting you, provided you have something to offer. A new recipe from your country, a local song, an interesting travel experience, a magic trick, a joke that I have never heard, anything :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

New to CS. I travelled a lot in Scotland in 2008 with nomad backpackers and loved that experience. Would love to have such a company here, great if CS can provide me that opportunity.

Interests

Music, Nature, Travel, Books

• books
• traveling
• socializing
• magic
• music
• ornithology
• budget travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Metallica, U2, The Eagles, The Beatles, The Who, Dire Straits, Rush, Led Zep, Deep Purple, The Doors, Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers' Band, Guns & Roses, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Simon & Garfunkel, Blue Oyster Cult, Cream, Dio, Tull, Joan Baez, Priest, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Scorpions, The Carpenters, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Doobie Brothers, Yes.

Talat Mehmood, Md. Rafi, Hemant Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Geeta Dutt, Lata and Asha.

Movies:

The Forrest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, Life is Beautiful, Fight Club, Snatch, The Butterfly Effect, The Memento, The Godfather, The Beautiful People, Hatari, The Yearling

Books:

Jim Corbett, Jack Kerouac, Larry Niven, Che Guevara, Ayn Rand, Science Fiction, Indian Non-fiction, James Frey (A Million Little Pieces, My Friend Leonard, Bright Shiny Morning), Life of Pi, Pappillon, The Motorcycle Diaries, Back on the road, a lot of Marathi literature. Oh, and how can one forget Shantaram!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I traveled like a nomad in the north-eastern India in 2005. Budget travel, was there for close to two months. Covered rural Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and nameless jungles. Stayed with Tribals and drank local wine.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Indian Cooking, Sound Mixing, Marathi/Hindi, Intellectual Property, Ornithology

Learn: Spanish, anything new really

Countries I’ve Visited

China, England, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United Kingdom, United States