CURRENT MISSION

break mouse bones

ABOUT ME

When I was 2 or 3 yrs old, my dad used to put me to bed telling stories about great deeds of scientists and researchers (the 17th century type - think Descartes, Newton, etc.). Like most kids, I mixed up fairy tales and facts too easily, and the (incorrect) idea that scientists always have flowing beards, ride on horses and dress up like knights got stuck in my head. Unfortunately, the idea didn't go away, until I found myself in the middle of a PhD program.

These days I encourage/dupe other kids to do a PhD. Alongside, I conduct research from a mechanical engineering perspective on biological topics - e.g. how we produce voice, how we break bones, etc.

PHILOSOPHY

Spread love. Educating, learning, helping others, planning road trips, solving everyday problems, cooking, eating out, buying groceries, watching a game of soccer, reading wikipedia, painting, listening to music, community service, are some of my ways of spreading love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host and surf, and talk while doing both. Sharing life experiences while traveling is a great way of getting educated.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Everybody I have hosted until now, been hosted by, or just met through CS, has been amazing. Either the world is indeed full of good people only, or CS brings out the best in everyone. Either way, it is a good thing :)

Interests

Knowing people: learning their cultural history, geography, music, cuisine, politics and art, essentially their leitmotif.

• horses
• arts
• books
• sketching
• cooking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• eating out
• painting
• music
• soccer
• engineering
• geography
• history
• mathematics
• science
• road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: I am a documentaries guy.
Music: Mostly everything
Books: Soviet-era books, early Russian classics, all works of Saki, Wilde and Naipaul, most of Salinger, William Faulkner and James Joyce, some of Vikram Seth, Salman Rushdie, R. K. Narayan.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Genuine hospitality of people amazes me at all times.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: making paper frogs that jump, cooking banana nut cakes, ethnogeography, sketching with charcoal, painting with watercolors, some advanced pure math and a little applied science.
Learn: a new language, a place to travel to
Share: music, books

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, India, United Kingdom, United States