💼Professional dashboard (Linkedin): https://www.linkedin.com/in/asutosh-bellur-phd

🚵‍♂️714 days journey on a cycle all across India:
Instagram: cycle.tour.india
Website: www.cycletourindia.com

📲Social media (facebook): https://www.facebook.com/asutosh.bellur

📍 Experimentalist - I try to experiment with life in different ways including my own psychology
📍 Experientialist - I try to experience life putting myself in situations which I wouldn't be in at the comfort of a couch in my house

🏁 28 States completed:
Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand , Chattisgarh, Telangana, Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala

📍 Currently:
In Bangalore

My travels across India led me to live by three distinct philosophies at three successive points in my journey, one at a time, each mutually exclusive yet profoundly impactful:

1. The passionate kid: Choose one discipline in life that you are extremely passionate about and be the best in the discipline.
2. Philosophy kicks in: Hold onto one solid philosophy in life being unconcerned about how right or wrong others philosophies are and live by it.
3. The answer in spirituality: You cannot touch existence in one place without having touched it everywhere. Observe life as it unfolds accepting people, circumstances, and yourself with equanimity.

These varying approaches taught me valuable lessons about how complex human experiences are and the many ways in which one can navigate life's journey.

Current Philosophy:
We have no purpose. Nothing needs to be done, everything is being done. We have no choices and so no confusion, and no bondage. Surrender and observe the divine play.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

In my PhD, I worked on the biophysical and biochemical aspects of proteins, acquiring in-depth knowledge on the ‘small - micro scale’ aspects of existence. The spiritual journey lasted 7 years long over which I figured out my newfound interest in human psychology, especially the beauty of individuality 🧑‍🦱

I want to use the cognitive skills acquired along with the cycling experience I gained over the last 7 years, to study the traits and uniqueness of individuals in this diverse nation 👳🧕🧑‍🎨🧑‍🎤🧑‍🚀

兴趣

I'm not sure if my travel is news worthy. I am not doing this with any outward motto. I am doing this all for myself. The idea behind the travel is to learn and grow as an individual. I am collecting experiences which I intend to share later in the form of a book 📚
I enjoy collecting psychological perspectives. This subject will be closest to my heart. The question is simple: why do people think the way they do? 🤔
I try to answer the fundamental questions of life such as what is right or wrong? How does community living influence the way we think? Are we a subject of nature or nurture? ✅❌
I have a number of other questions to which I have got valuable insights. 🕵️
Apart from this, I am also writing an article on every state I have visited in the journey on what I am getting to see and experience in my travel. I am doing this to have my travel documented in some way! Although I do not lay much emphasis on this front! 🗞️
You can find my latest articles here:
https://cycletourindia.com/state-summary/

My story is simple:
I have been forced into the line of education all my life. I was pushed to the point where I ended up questioning all that I knew. I found no meaning in living a life of security pursuing the mere materialistic pleasures of life. You can say I am finding some sort of a solace in this travelling 🧳
We can get to speak on this more later. Or rather, you can add to what I know or don't know when we meet 🤝

• philosophy
• psychology
• science
• spirituality

音乐、电影和书籍

Favourite discography:
📌Pink Floyd (Dark side of the moon)
📌Porcupine tree (Deadwing/Remastered)
📌Poets of the fall (Carnival of rust)
📌Sufjan Stevens (Carrie & Lowell)
📌Owl City (The midsummer station; Ocean eyes)
📌Cigarettes after Sex (I-2012, Cry-2019)
📲Recent: Passenger (Songs for the drunk and broken hearted/Deluxe)
🎧Currently listening: Khachar Bhetor Ochin Pakhi - Shunno

Books:
📌A brief history of time, Theory of everything, Brief answers to big questions, the grand design - Stephen Hawking
📌Animal farm - George Orwell
📌Think and grow rich - Napeloen Hill
📌God delusion - Richard Dawkins
📌Man's search for meaning - Viktor Frankl
📌Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Commentary by Swami Chinmayananda Guruji
📲Recent read: Vigyan Bhairav Tantra (The book of secrets) - Osho
📲Recent read: The Upanishads - Swami Paramananda
📲Recent read: God loves fun - Sri Sri Ravishankar
📲Recent read: The art of Living - S. N. Goenka
📲Recent read: The importance of Vedana and Sampajanna - A seminar (1990), Vipassana research institute, Dhamma Giri, Igatpuri
📲Recent read: Let us be God - Swami Ashokananda
📚On the shelf:
📚The secret knowledge - Satpal Ji Maharaj (Manav Dharma)
📚Satyanusaran (In pursuit of truth) - Thakur Ankulchandra (Satsang Vihar)
📚Siddha Vedam (history of Jeeva) - Swami Sivananda Paramahamsa (Siddhasamaj)
📚The rebel - Osho

Movies:
📌"carpe diem: Seize the day boys. Make your life extraordinary" ~ Dead poets society
📌"Has it ever occurred to you that the process that creates this boredom that we see in the world now...." ~ My dinner with Andre
📌 "Dr. Sayer: You told him I was a kind man. How kind is it to give life, only to take it away? ; Eleanor: It's given to and taken away from all of us" ~ Awakenings
📌"Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth." ~ Into the wild
📌"Travel far enough, you will meet yourself" ~ Cloud Atlas
📌"A man tells his stories so many times that he becomes the stories. They live on after him, and in that way he becomes immortal" ~ Big fish
📌"Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you" ~ The Count of Monte Cristo
📌"Beautiful things do not ask for attention " ~ The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
📌"I'd ask you about love, you'd probably quote me a sonnet. But you've never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable" ~ Good will hunting
📌"It is a fool who looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart" ~ O Brother, Where Art Thou?
📌"Fear. Deep rotting fear. They were infected by it. Did you see? Fear is a sickness. It will crawl into the soul of anyone who engages it. It has tainted your peace already." ~ Apocalypto
📌"Normally, I would say "auf Wiedersehn", but since what "auf Wiedersehn" actually means is "till I see you again", and since I never wish to see you again, to you, sir, I say goodbye" ~ Django Unchained
📌"They must be the most contented people in the world. They have no crime, no punishment, no violence, no laws, no police, judges, rulers or bosses. They believe that the gods put only good and useful things on the earth for them to use. In this world of theirs, nothing is bad or evil." ~ The Gods must be crazy
📌"The world's a playground. You know that when you are a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it" ~ Yes man
📌"You can't change who people are without destroying who they were" ~ Butterfly effect
📌“Every path is the right path. Everything could've been anything else. And it would have just as much meaning.” ~ Mr. Nobody
📌"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.” ~ (Master Oogway) Kung fu Panda
📌"The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos" ~ (Hayao Miazaki) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the sky, My neighbor totoro, Grave of the fireflies, Kiki's delivery service, Only yesterday, Porco rosso, Whisper of the heart, Princess mononoke, Spirited away, Howl's moving castle, Ponyo, From up on poppy hill, The wind rises, The tale of princess kaguya

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

📌Almost got expelled from school failing to pass in Hindi and Math subjects in my 7th grade exams
📌Started living alone for the first time during graduation
📌Fell in and out of love!
📌Tried a hand in acting in short movies!
📌Cracked the prestigious CSIR exam for PhD scholarship with an all India rank of 009. Not once but twice!
📌Became the fastest to ascent and descent the biggest peak in Karnataka - Kumara Parvat
📌Competed in Ironman 70.3 Colombo, Srilanka
📌Completed one Super Randonneur event (200km, 300km, 400km, 600km ride in one season) and a 1200 brevet
📌Became Table Tennis champion in my institute
📌Solved close to 10 protein structures in my PhD
📌Painted a Graffiti on the institute wall
📌Became a personal trainer and sports nutritionist. Helped my friend lose 45 kgs weight and trained him to run a half marathon and complete a 300 km cycle ride
📌Fell in love with someone who loves flowers
📌Got my arm and chest inked
📌Got a piercing on my eyebrow
📌Decided to drop Postdoctoral studies to travel India on a cycle
📌Learnt to speak in Hindi fluently despite not being able to utter a sentence after travelling the northern part of India
📌Started understanding elements of Spirituality
📌Attended Vipassana meditation course and unplugged my previous self inside-out
📌Wrote my first book in less than 3 months (Published - Karma, Dharma, and Moksha - a scientific perspective)
📌Delivered a Tedx talk on learnings from my journey across India

🪣Current bucket list:
🫗Be able to master scales on the guitar fretboard
🫗Read the constitution of India
🫗Learn Bengali
🫗Learn and carry out Sandhyavandanam
🫗Write a book that sells over 50000 copies
🫗Give a Tedx talk that gets a tenth of a million views
🫗Have a patented technology to my name

教，学，和分享

I can share my experience of travelling ✈️, teach science at a level which is dumbed down to the general population 🔬. Provide insights on the general philosophy of life in the point of view of science ⚛️.

I would say one of the major reasons for me to travel will be to sit and listen to people on their way of life 🛋️
“Tell me all the justifications you make, the validations you seek, the goods you consume, and every complaint of yours, I will tell you exactly who you are” 🧒 If you can tell me about the philosophy by which you live your life, I am all ears 🎧

I'd love to learn about the local cultures and traditions 👫. Experience a variety of local food 🥗. Finally also hear and learn from the hosts experiences 🏡

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I can help you provide perspectives on science the way you can never imagine it to be 🤔
Ask me if you want your mind blown 🤯 and I will help you with it.
Apart from my experiences and colloquial talk, I can also help the host with their daily chores.
As I am not much into sightseeing, I can almost offer my time completely to the host 🙂
Update: One of the couchsurfers in Kanyakumari handed me a cube. A master in cubing, he helped me learn the cube decently well to solve it in less than 3 minutes. If anybody is interested, I can teach them cube solving as well 🎲

我游览过的国家

Nepal, Sri Lanka

我居住过的国家

India