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Overview

  • 61 references 38 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Hindi, Japanese, Spanish
  • 52, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Alchemy
  • Kindergarden - going into 1st grade
  • From Meerut, India & Chicago
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Help make the world a smaller and more friendly place!

ABOUT ME

I am fun loving, willing to try pretty much anything new and don't take myself too seriously. I find inspiration from creativity. I'm an optimist and want to remain young at heart forever. In the bigger cities I like the nightlife - drink, go out, drink, eat, drink, dance and party! HIGH energy level

Hard Core, natural, REAL, self reinvention

PHILOSOPHY

Wander just enough to be lost.

I live life for innovation, to create something new.

also, i don't want to grow up -- BUT i don't want to stop growing EITHER

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Host at my place, attend CS functions and meet CSers when traveling. I like to show my city to people that when in New York just wanna kick it and enjoy many of its great attractions -- ranging from bars, clubs, restaurants to museums, shows and parks.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've meet some GREAT people, many of whom I hope to see again and again and again. The true COMMUNITY is what I like the most. CS has expanded my perceptions -- which helps me advance, stay fresh and exposed. It has been good to have a change to get to know people coming from all over the world, since NYC is soo highly traveled.

Interests

Many interests... I do a lot of different things, but not necessarily all of them often.

Traveling (need I say), meeting new folks, cooking, eating, yoga, drinking, dancing, recreatonal sports such as snowboarding, scuba diving, snorkeling and skiing, tennis, biking, running / marathons, dancing, music, literature, independent films, film festivals, ballet, museums and modern art.

Burning Man!

  • arts
  • literature
  • modern art
  • festivals
  • film festivals
  • dancing
  • ballet dancing
  • cooking
  • yoga
  • running
  • nightlife
  • partying
  • drinking
  • clubbing
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • scuba diving
  • snorkeling
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • sports
  • tennis
  • parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Books: Siddhartha, The Alchemist, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Hobbit, Guns Germs and Steel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, many others!!!

Favorite Movies: Tous les matins du monde, Cinema Paradiso, Dead Man, Silent Waters, Ju Dou, Chasing Amy, Pulp Fiction, The Matrix and several lesser known independent and foreign films.

Favorite Music: Hip hop, dance, reggae, jazz, blues, Tabla Beat Science, Blackalicious, Miles Davis, Prince and Etta James.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Scuba diving with sharks! Also have run 3 really FUN marathons (Chicago, DC and New York). Ultralight flight over Rio was also amazing!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm learning spanish AND SALSA -- Can you help???

I like showing my city. It's a nice night when folks with different ideas meet. It is fun to have traveling buddies and to show them cool things in your backyard. There are so much going on here!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Anguilla, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, North Korea, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, England, Finland, India, Japan, United Kingdom, United States

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