CURRENT MISSION

Meet new people, explore new places...world n culture's.

On job front ....explore new ways of integrating Geoinformatics with development projects in conflict regions \undeveloped places.

About my journey as artist ---
https://anandreddy.wixsite.com/howicolouredmycancer/post/my-artist-journey-since-2017

Blog  written by a doctor at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai about my painting workshop ---
 http://otbywastisaima.blogspot.in/2018/02/adding-colors-to-life.html?

I choose painting as it doesn't need mobility, requires less space, low investment (chopsticks, colours, canvas boards, stones, empty alcohol bottles or acrylic sheet s), no need of paintings skills, age independent and free to draw anything you like, no rules but desire to draw something. 

We are focused on  cancer treatment but not on how the person is dealing with it. Not much attention is paid to support during the process of cancer treatment and after. 

Art is very therapeutic and  This dot painting  helps the person during and after treatment to get completely engaged for sometime so they forget the hardships that they are facing due to treatment, add happyness and colours to their life. They can use the paintings they create to financially support them or other poor cancer patients.

It is engaged me and helped in my  BRAIN CANCER recovery and filled my life with positivity and hope. I was able to fund raise for Indian Cancer Society for poor cancer patients. As a survivor it is still engaging me. I want the same to be experienced by other cancer patients and survivors.

I'm looking to conduct painting workshops with cancer hospitals and societies for cancer patients and survivors.

Also for corporates where this painting can be used as stress buster for their employees. In schools for children so they can play with colours.

ABOUT ME

I'm very optimistic of life and what one can do. I enjoy traveling and meeting new people. I like to know people from all over the world, their cultures, life styles and traditions. I love to paint n anything related to arts, cooking and learning different cooking recipes. I recently turned to full time vegetarian and practice yoga and body massage.

visited 26 states (11.5%)Create your own visited map of The World

I volunteer with an NGO based in Delhi in educating poor kids and support couple of kids education in Kabul.

Having lived in 4 different continents Asia, North America, Africa and Europe helped me to get good exposure of people,culture n lifestyles.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm not perfect but I try to be good to others and help people in need. I made very good friends following this rule.

Think about the earth and try to protect it, so future generation can have the same enjoyment that we had.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Have met some amazing guys through couchsurfing! Hosted quite a few and surfed all over the world.

When ever possible I attend the monthly meetings. Hosted a monthly meetings in Germany. I try to help the CS who are new to the town. Contributed money to keep this website going. I hosted in Kabul, Afghanistan.

I have heard so much from others I very exited to be part of this group

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It started in Europe. My first host was from Porto, Portugal and since then I'm having great time, meet very nice n interesting people, some of them became very good friends. Very happy to be part of CS family.

Interests

Arts, painting, sports, traveling, hiking n trekking, health foods,photography, cartoons, racquetball, tennis, running, biking, yoga, pranyamam, meditation, body massage, music, movies, politics, to learn something new ..

• arts
• culture
• photography
• education
• cooking
• recipes
• vegetarian
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• politics
• cartoons
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• sports
• tennis
• racquetball
• teaching
• geopolitics
• political science
• volunteering
• massage
• humanitarian work
• geomatics

Music, Movies, and Books

Long list of movies from various parts of the world.

Kite, Runner, Roja, A Wednesday, Bombay, Godfather, LOTR, Forest Gump, Spanish Apartment, Goodbye Lenin, Beautiful Mind,.........

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

10 day course of Vipassana Meditation.

Road Trip to Yellowstone National Park was breath taking.

Bike ride from Delhi to Moussrie.

Watching Pandas from a 1 feet dist.

Did fasting for 40 hrs without taking a drop of water while performing volunteer service at a temple. Never is my life I have imagined to do so and it boosted my faith in spirituality.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Yoga, healthy living, body massage n Indian cooking.
Share travel n cultural experiences. I believe learning is part of life and continues till the last breath.

Like to learn: Salsa, Massage, Yoga, Different Cuisines, visit South America

What I Can Share with Hosts

Share my experience and knowledge

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Afghanistan, Germany, India, Iraq, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, United States

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