CURRENT MISSION

Travel around to beautiful places.

ABOUT ME

I am on a willing adventure to storm the barricade of life! Life's too short to be indulged with prejudices and games of oneupmanship. Believe in the power of confident humility and the endeavor to be respectful to those who, though from differing worlds of perception, embrace chivalry!

There is mediocrity stuffed in every one of us. And it's my conscious endeavour not to end up being a living anthology of mediocrity: How I plan to do it? Well, by trying to be passionate about life in general, trying to live life to the fullest through books, arts, travel and meeting fellow sojourners!

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live!

Be Kind! For everyone is facing a battle of his own!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfing and Hosting, and the occasional meetings.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met some of the most wonderful human beings through this.

Interests

Reading books
Playing Tennis
Watching movies

World citizen I intend to be through meeting people from all walks of life, all cultural backgrounds!

• arts
• books
• beauty
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• surfing
• tennis

Music, Movies, and Books

To mention a few:
Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Julianne Moore, Colin Firth,
Dead Poets Society, Brokeback Mountain, Ordinary People, The Hurt Locker,

Authors like Vladimir Nabokov, Orhan Pamuk, J. Coetzee, Alan Hollinghurst, Michael Cunningham, Wislawa Szymborska...

Directors such as Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar and Richard Linklater..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The majestic beauty of Himalayas is unparalleled!

Teach, Learn, Share

With the awkward social manners (as is typical of geeks or those who prefer to live in the exalted plane of theory and imaginary worlds) I am prone to, I found meeting strangers through couchsurfing a little too intimidating whenever it dawned on me that there was a natural lack of instant chemistry. The ensuing quietness or shyness would often make me feel absolutely livid. I am slowly realizing how forthrightness is the best remedy, however uncomfortable, when trying to establish the needed boundaries when things are not clicking instantly. Easier said than done! There is a fine line between gentle forthrightness and absolute bluntness. I guess one draws that line only through experience!! Don't despair (telling myself the same as well!). Keep trying.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Nepal, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, India, Norway

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