CURRENT MISSION

Understanding Life through travel. Have visited many places in US, Europe and South America. Best experience - New Year's Eve at Rio , Brazil!!

ABOUT ME

Hi, this is Dip, (pronounced "Deep"). I graduated with Master of Science in Engineering, a gator, Univ of Florida :) I love traveling a lot, meeting new people, learning new languages, sharing culture, traditions, trying out different cuisines and enjoy music, movies and sports. I am a big fan of cool gadgets, always eager to learn and discuss new technologies which can help mankind. I like being fit, with kickboxing and HiiT workouts.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is short, enjoy it to the fullest. Learn from the past, live the present and do not think too much about the future. Be sincere with Life, but never be serious after all we only get around 3000 weekends in our lifetime :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. I can host people traveling here and can show around.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

An avid couchsurfer, I have surfed in New Jersey and had a great time in New York and also visited Times Square on the New years eve with a surfer. Met many surfers in Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris. It was an awesome experience. I also frequent to CS events, Language Exchange in Gainesville. I have hosted many people in Gainesville and met many couchsurfers. One of my best buddies I met through CS, so I am always excited.

Interests

Music is my life, subscribed to Spotify, Pandora. Listen to rock, metal, indie, folk, trance, progressive, techno house, rap and also equally enjoy other genres. Music festivals - ultra, tomorrowworld, sunset, bonnaroo, rockville etc. Also a movie enthusiast and a zealous sports lover. I keep myself informed about the new releases also enjoy the old classics. A huge cricket, soccer, basketball, tennis fan. Learning guitar, music mixing, and I also dance Salsa, Bachata. And I love science and Technology.

• culture
• humanities
• perfumes
• festivals
• oktoberfest
• dancing
• bachata
• dining
• cooking
• nightlife
• technology
• movies
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• backpacking
• sports
• basketball
• cricket
• soccer
• tennis
• engineering
• history
• languages
• science
• language exchange
• beaches
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Too many to list. Some are : Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Ben Hur, Forrest Gump, Pulp fiction, Munich, Lord of the rings, No Man's land, Letters from Iwo jima, Inception, Matrix, Casablanca, The Social Network movie, Avatar, Gone with the wind, Fightclub.

Music: Lot of bands from different ages. Hendrix, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, AC DC, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Guns N Roses, The Doors, Disturbed, Slipknot, Children of Bodom, Slipknot, Linkin Park, U2, Foo Fighters, Eminem, Avici, Above and Beyond, Yotto, Ilan Bluestone etc.

Books : Shoe Dog, Steve Jobs, The Da Vinci code, The world is flat, Hot, Flat and Crowded, The Odessa file, Five point someone, 11 minutes, The accidental billionaires, The Google story, Only the paranoid survive, The Goal, Made in Japan, The God of small things, Not a Penny more, Not a penny less, The white tiger, The winner stands alone.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- One of the most inspiring things that I have done is visiting an old age home when I was a member of CRY (Child Relief and You)organization. I and my friends spent time with old people who have no one in their family to take care about them. I understood the vicissitudes of life. Helping these people has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

-- New Year in Rio De Janeiro - Best New year's experience ever !!

- Living in Berlin, Germany was a great and wonderful experience. Backpacking in Europe - Cologne, Paris, Amsterdam, Prague, Brussels, Zurich, Switzerland, etc

-- Oktoberfest at Munich, Germany - one of the best festivals in the world

- New Year at Times square, New York was a crazy experience with so many people.

-Visiting Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, LA etc

-Visiting the majestic Niagara Falls, viewing Fireworks on 4th of July(US Independence day), experiencing different rides in theme parks.

- Also, visiting the Ridges, Athens, Ohio at night- one of the most scariest places on earth was altogether a different experience. It was chilling and scary but I will always remember that night.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I can teach to shake your leg, to dance Salsa, Bachata :) Some technical knowledge of AI, Machine Learning and its potential effect on humanity. Contributing in solving energy crisis :) Of course, I can cook food - Italian, Indian, Mediterranean. Have a decent knowledge of music and movies.
Learn: Languages, History, Other cuisines
Share: Music, Traditions, Culture, Cuisines, Movies, Sports, Big Bang Theory, Space, Time, Universe :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good night sleep, nightlife, cooking, dancing, adventure , blah blah 😀

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, India, United States