Indian guy, Swedish postcode, ten years in and my Swedish still sounds like a polite hostage situation. By day I do something with enterprise software that I’ve stopped trying to explain at parties. By every other hour I sing Hindustani classical music, translate obscure Sanskrit tantric texts (don’t ask, or do, I have slides), and occasionally emerge from my studio having recorded something that surprises even me- most recently a Punjabi folk tune that sat in my throat rent-free for a year. I’m vegetarian, sober, and go to bed at an hour that would disappoint my 25-year-old self and impress my 50-year-old one. I like trains more than planes, mornings more than nightlife, and I’m currently plotting a slow crawl through Leipzig, Dresden, Kraków, plus a week in Montenegro on a budget so tight it squeaks. Fluent in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Urdu, and a dialect of Swedish best described as “enthusiastic.” If you show up in Gothenburg I’ll feed you something with paneer, play you a raga you didn’t ask for, and point you to places Google Maps hasn’t ruined yet. Bring stories. Bring questions. Do not bring eggs.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Travel, experience new culture and meet people.

Interests

Music, hiking and talking philosophy

Music, Movies, and Books

AR RAHMAN, Khalil Gibran

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled the Himalayas extensively

Teach, Learn, Share

Music, languages, love

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good place to rest, guidance, friendship and food

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Sweden, United States