Hi! I am Raghav, 28-year-old architect and a creative by profession. People who love me sometimes call me ‘Panda’, for the lazy person I am.

I quit my 3-year-old 9 – 5 corporate desk job to live a more conscious life and make time for meaningful things. 

My brother and I, moved to rural pastures in March to live deliberately. To observe nature and learn from it. To rediscover our suppressed instincts, create something sacred and most true to life with our own hands. We wanted to enjoy each process and relish slow living in the mountains.

Village Umrisen is nestled in the farmlands on a small hill near Rishikesh, at the confluence of river Ganges and its tributary river Heval. Jitendra Ji and his family have been extremely kind to let us rent their house in the village. They welcomed us with open hearts, love, and unparalleled hospitality. We are family now and super grateful to them.

We have also leased a tiny piece of land in the village where we are building a mud house (cob) house.

Our mission is to build tiny using natural materials and investigate alternate biomaterials with our living friends - Fungi, Bacteria, and Algae. Our focus lies more in the experiments than the results, bringing out newer perspectives.

I like to travel to new places, open my senses to new cuisines, cultures, languages and people.

After meeting people from different countries I realised that we are such a tiny part of this humongous world and every body has so many stories to tell which I'd love to here.

Experience over material things.
Essentials over excess. Cheers !

Always up to grab a beer or for a cup of coffee and share some stories.

Instagram - @raghavkumar2093
@tinyfarmlab
@tinyaf.in

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet like minded people, share stories, cultural exchange and culinary exchange.

Interests

Nature, Design, Art, Biomaterials, Natural Building, Sports, Traveling, Photography, Music, Food, Coffee, Beer, Sarcasm.

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Based on true stories.

Books - Non-fiction books, mostly biographies.

Music - I am fond of indie music although I enjoy all kinds of music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ziro festival of music was also an unforgettable experience.

Hitchhiking in trucks in Kutchh

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach natural building.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A taste of living remotely in the village close to nature and the forest.

Also, since we would be building a mudhouse, we would love if you would like to get your hands dirty and help us in the construction.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bhutan, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, India