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Overview

  • 19 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Bengali, Bangla, English, Hindi; learning Gujarati, Marathi (Marāṭhī), Panjabi, Punjabi
  • 46, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Editor/Filmmaker/Explorer
  • MFA, Film Directing, California Institute of the Arts
  • From Kolkata, India
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To be good and be happy.

ABOUT ME

World Citizen, media person, artist, filmmaker, athlete, health conscious, potty mouthed, everchanging energy. I live in LA- City of Angels. I love exploring my city, working out at the gym, eating out, drinking beer, and meeting new people. I am a filmmaker. I have a big American Bulldog.
I wish there was more hours in a day to be able to do all that I want to. I would love to travel.

PHILOSOPHY

Make a difference and kick ass!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host, participate in gatherings and make new friends.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couch surfed in New York and Tennessee, and regularly host visitors from all over at my place. I am very easy going and chill. I am respectful of others and considerate. I am clean and do not snore or sleepwalk.

Interests

Good literature, irrevelant media, movies, museums, art, good food and drinks, being healthy, keeping fit, and working out.

  • dogs
  • arts
  • literature
  • dining
  • cooking
  • beer
  • picnic
  • exercise
  • running
  • athlete
  • working out
  • drinking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • eating out
  • communications

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Radiohead, Johnny Cash, NOFX, Iggy Pop, Pixies, Led Zep, Weakerthan, Sigur Ros, Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, Velvet Underground, CSYN, Bjork, Dntel, Ella Fitzgerald, B.I.G, Jay Z, Outcast, Rilo Kiley, Belle and Sebastian, Ramones, White Stripes, Sex Pistols, Black Flag, X Ray Spex, Kanye West, Rolling Stones, The Who, Sonic Youth, LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, The Streets, Dead Kennedys, Postal Service, New Order, A Flock of Seagulls, Bad Brains, Johnny Cash, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Pogues, Chuck Berry, Nina Simone, Goldfrapp, Air, Stellastarr, Snow Patrol, TV on the Radio, Voxtrot, Death Cab for Cutie, The Cure, Dylan, Hendrix, U2, 2Pac, Ice Cube, NWA, Public Image Limited, Dead Prez, Snoop Dogg, DMX, The Roots, Massive Attack, Beetles, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Grateful Dead, Bill Evans, Tchaikovsky, Cinematic Orchestra, Wanda Jackson and more...
Movies: Taxi Driver, Bladerunner, Heat, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 400 Blows, Seven Samurai, City of God, Old Boy, Saturday Night Fever, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Il Postino, Napolean Dynamite, Midnight Cowboy, Ordinary People, Apocalypse Now, Fight Club, Tainspotting, Pulp Fiction, Adaptation, Notorious, Rear Window, Pretty in Pink, Casablanca, Ken Park, ...
Favorite Directors: Kurosawa, Kubrick, Martin Scorcese, John Hughes, Truffaut, Tarantino, Ang Lee, Wes Anderson, Zhang Yimou, David Fincher, Almodovar, Satyajit Ray, John Lasseter, Hitchcock...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Learnt cooking by myself. Am quite an expert cook now.
Visited Johnny Cash's grave. Ate succulent Memphis ribs. Partied in Nashville.
Drove cross country- saw Indian reservations, cliff dwellings, red rocks of Sedona, Rockies, the Capitol, Washington DC, vast lands of South Dekota, Wyoming, Yellowstone, red Salt Water lake, delicate Arches of Utah- this country is beautiful!!

Teach, Learn, Share

Exchange stories about distant and local lands. Cook, drink, and have fun. Explore the city. walk, run and wander. Exercise. Drink beer, have a picnic and eat some pizza and curry. And walk a dog.

Countries I’ve Visited

Japan, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States

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