Grew up in India, now studying at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.
If you are looking ONLY for a free place to crash in, don't even bother send me a request!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I traveled in North East of India for six months and for most of the time stayed with the tribal communities and locals. A lot of times I did not know their language and they did not mine. I felt only comfortable with strange people and their vibrant colorful cultures, obscure languages and dialects, unknown customs, unspoken rules. Everything was different but also very similar. I feel that one could experience these similarities and differences while living in a home!

Interests

Traveling, hiking, biking, cooking, 3D model making, origami, rangoli, henna, watching movies, card games, board games, coloring, sports, gardening, composting, photography

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies -
Siddhartha, Masaan, Dum Lagake Haisha, Elizabeth Ekadashi, Killa, Fandry, The Imitation Game, Wild, Fifty First Dates, Boyhood, Whiplash, Birdman, Pawn Sacrifice, Ida, The Patience Stone, Theeb, Mustang, Son of Saul, Anamolisa, The Boy and the World

Books -
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Divaswapna तत्त्वमसि (Tattvamasi), The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan, बखर बिम्मची (Bakhar Bimmachi), रारंगढांग (Rarang Dhang), गीता प्रवचने (Geeta Pravachane) by Vinoba Bhave, श्यामची आई by Sane Guruji, FLatland: A romance of many dimensions, A Mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy, You are Joking Mr. Feynman, Not without my Daughter, Totto Chan, Animal Farm, Herland, पंचतंत्र, इसापनीती, बोक्या सातबंडे, अकबर-बिरबल, Gulliver travels, Around the world in eighty days, Cheaper by the dozen
Some biographies: एक होता कार्व्हर (George Washington Carver), Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Helen Keller, I Dare (Kiran Bedi), Swami Vivekananda, Sister Nivedita

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in tribal communities for teaching mathematics to high school students and ended up learning a TON!

Teach, Learn, Share

I would be happy to learn a new cooking recipe, any art or craft, and whatever you want to teach me :)
I can teach a Indian cooking recipe, card magic tricks and some mathematics that comes along with ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

my travel stories and experiences (mainly from India), some Indian food

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States