A contradiction of sorts, I can be mad fun or intensely profound depending on my mood or the company. Forever indecisive, as you'll realise when you see me studying a restaurant menu a tad bit longer than normal or waiting years before I visit a place I've been wanting to. And yet there is an impulsive side to me that will find me dancing on the streets on a whim or changing plans on the go. I don't see travel as a checklist of places to visit and experiences to tick off. I think those things happen when they have to... effortlessly. Travel for me is life-transforming in the realisations it affords you about yourself, your place in the world at large and a powerful medium to connect with people and nature.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Mainly because I find that staying out of hotels as you travel from city to city is hardly a way to get to know a place. To really get an immersive experience of a new place, I like to get to know its people and their way of life. So I'm here to be able to connect with locals on my travels, benefit from native knowledge and hopefully make friends for life. And I'd be glad to return the favour in my city of residence :)

Interests

Love conversations about life, meditating in the open, convincing chefs to make me a vegetarian version of their local specialty, a day of hunting post-card worthy places and a night of non-stop dancing.

• writing
• photography
• dancing
• vegetarian
• music
• philosophy
• spirituality

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Abida Parveen, Audioslave, Coldplay, Creed, Eddie Vedder, Imagine Dragons, Incubus, Indus Creed, Jagjit Singh, Kodaline, Pink Floyd, Placebo, Porcupine Tree, Prateek Kuhad, Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Sia, Strings, U2...

Movies - Avatar, Inception, Interstellar, Into the Wild, Life of Pi, Star Wars, The Fountain, etc.

TV Shows - Downton Abbey, GOT, Modern Family, Seinfeld, Suits, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'd have one thing to tell you if I had never spent the night on a boat anchored mid-sea. Never driven the breadth of Scotland and Ireland. Or gone moonlight trekking. Never snorkelled in Maldives. Never gone on a night-safari that involved crossing swamps and returning with leeches on my feet. Never raved in Goa. Never almost missed a train from Paris to Amsterdam. Or lost a day in Amsterdam to memory. Never lived in a pool villa with butler service in Bali. Not seen anything questionable in Bangkok. Not stuck up my tongue to a stone in Blarney Castle that promises you the gift of the gab. Never gone on a Game of Thrones tour in Northern Ireland and won the tour quiz, being the only GOT viewer of the group of 6. Never camped on the beaches of UAE and attempted shooting our own Blairwitch Project while visiting abandoned & possibly haunted ruins. When each experience is so different from the other, how do you pick one?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Amazing life-transforming experiences that I've had on the spiritual path.
Branding, communication, digital marketing advice.
Could use my photography skills to shoot candid pics of you, if you like.
And could cook a good vegetarian meal for you out of whatever you have in the refrigerator.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, France, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Laos, Maldives, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

India