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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hindi
  • 27, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Software Engineer
  • Engineering
  • From India
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About Me

On a solo road trip across India, exploring the history, geography and culture of each state. Planning to stay in each state for at least 1 month or until I learn basic conversational language of that state, and how to cook the local dishes.
If you've any dreams of doing a Road trip anywhere in India hit me up, would love to fulfill it.

I always carry a stash of books, badminton rackets and running shoes..just in case.

I love doing adventure sports courses have done Scuba diving in Andamans PADI OW. Whitwater kayaking in Kerala for a month, surfing in Kerala for two weeks and A marathon in the mountains of Manali.

Pending Bucket list items: Solo paragliding in Bir. Skiing course in Kashmir.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To go to the unknown parts of India, to see through the eyes of the locals what their home is. To find the soul of every state..to truly understand the country that which I call home.
To meet travellers, for there are many many people here who've done, doing or planning an all India trip.

Interests

There are many unread books on my shelf, they always give me anxiety. Most of the books I've or would like to read are the great Classics like Homer, Seneca, Aurelius, Dostoyevsky, Dickens, Orwell, Manto etc..

I love running it like meditation, self discovery a means to transcend your body through the power of your mind.
Always happy to learn to cook a new recipe, and even cook the same multiple times till perfection is reached.

  • literature
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • running
  • philosophy
  • indie music
  • adventure sports

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Stranger(Albert Camus), Meditations(Marcus Aurelius), Bitter Fruit(Sadat Hasan Manto)

Movies : Seven Years In Tibet, The Motorcycle Diaries, Shutter Island

Music : Glen Hansard, Damien Rice, Gregory Aland Iskov, Ludovico Einaudi, Mono(form Japan), The Cinematic Orchestra, The National

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Left my home to travel around India, now I have no place to stay 🤣
- White water kayaking (jumped from a waterfall too)
- Hiking 15km inside Tiger reserve with an armed guard
- Paragliding
- Open water Scuba Diver

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Indian Cooking, Programming, Hindi, Kayaking, Badminton
Share: Good food, books, stories and road trips.
Learn: Anything, really I am serious.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Internet, Books, Food

Countries I’ve Lived In

India

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