I have a big complex about not hosting enough but not a lot of people come through angers.

CURRENT MISSION
Perform more jazz poetry, get better at lindyhopping and make new friends.

ABOUT ME

Born and grew up in India(studied in Chandigarh, the city built by Le Corbusier) I now live in the beautiful Loire Valley in France, teach English; Host a jazz radio show; perform poetry with improvised music; love design, architecture, jackson pollock and meeting new people and learning new things. Currently learning to lindyhop.

my radio show website: http://taransfreejazzhour.com
my jazz poetry page: http://taransfreejazzhour.com/jazzpoetryimprov

i'm a positive person and generally a joyful spirit. i try to meditate regularly.

don't smoke, drink with food and socially. NO SHOES INSIDE THE APARTMENT.

PHILOSOPHY
just go with the flow, i guess. do your own thing. live in the moment, savouring the NOW, a rather difficult thing to do, but i try.

*********************LOST REFERENCE***********************
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here's a great reference i got from a girl from nashville tenessee that i hosted. she's not on CS anymore so the reference doesn't appear. here it is, i love it:

"Taran was a PHENOMENAL host. He made my bed for me in his very clean, cool
apartment and showed me all around Angers, including taking me to an
awesome free jazz show at a sweet bar. Not to mention, he appears to know
everyone in the city. A GREAT experience!"
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*******this reference is from danish CSer Jan Folkman. don't know why it doesn't appear in the surfer section*******
...In October I got the option to stay in their so called not finished apartment and it was great to see, eat with them, see a real good couple. And yes we talked about design again ;-) & jazz & life. They gave me good idea what to visit by my own in Angers,-it wasn´t that boring as it has historical as well newer architecture around to be seen.
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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

by surfing and hosting when I can. not many people come to angers, so I don't really get a lot of requests.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

great experiences in scandinavia.

Interests

jazz (straight ahead: gerry mulligan, chet baker, dave brubeck); free jazz and improvised music (albert ayler, anthony braxton, archie shepp et al); collecting vintage paperbacks.

movies, conversation, advertising, languages, socializing, poetry, art & design in general, exploring the environs of where i happen to be

• arts
• culture
• poetry
• performing arts
• architecture
• design
• dancing
• dining
• meditation
• drinking
• movies
• socializing
• music
• jazz
• surfing
• languages
• lindyhop
• free jazz

Music, Movies, and Books

Jazz, improvised music, elvis, 70's rock:led zep, the doors, captain beefhart, poetry, spoken word

THE GODFATHER. classic hollywood movies with bogart, cooper, hepburn, paul newman...; woody allen, scorcese, coppola, tarantino.

todays movies: black dahlia, bourne trilogy...; i absolutely loved A Single Man

fav book: ON THE ROAD tops my list. HENRY MILLER's tropics. Papillon. jd salinger. i loved great expectations, the fountainhead, the godfather; i like good thrillers (jeffrey archer, Trevanian)

And I love poetry, esp Langston Hughes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

yet to come

Teach, Learn, Share

i can help with french, english, hindi. tell you all about jazz and free jazz. even take you to gigs. can tell you about indian culture, and expatriate life. make a mean indian tea. teach basic lindyhop and charleston.

there must be more, you'll find out.

What I Can Share with Hosts

indian tea, jazz, conversation, teach basic lindyhop and charleston.

Countries I’ve Visited

Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden