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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
I am not too sure about my a mission, or even if I have one.
ABOUT ME
I own a small recruitment company at Chandigarh. Before that I have worked at various times as a farmer and journalist. I would have wanted to make a living as a writer but, despite one published book, havent made a go it.
I am married, have two daughters, aged 11 & 7.
I have traveled widely, sometimes as a journalist, mostly because I wanted to travel.
I don't get to travel as much as I would want to. So I would like to do the next-best thing, meet travelers.
PHILOSOPHY
My personal philosophy is too complex to discuss here but at a very basic level it is live and let live and to leave well enough alone.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
i have just joined the community. At present I don't do much other than offering my home to fellow travelers.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I have had strangers open their doors to me lost of times & would like to repay the debt. I have never been a couchsurfer formally.
Interests
Other than traveling I am interested in writing, mostly idea-driven stories.
- writing
- books
- traveling
- journalism
Music, Movies, and Books
I am a bit of a purist in reading & music. My favourite writer is James Hadley Chase -- not terribly intellectual but great writing. I like sufi music & my favourites are Nusrat Fateh Ali & Pathana Khan.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Risk-taking when I was younger. As a jouranlist I traveled down to the Caucases to cover the start of the Chechen-Russian conflict and even got to do an interview with the then Chechen President Jokhar Dudavev. This with a minscule knowledge of Russian.
Teach, Learn, Share
Though I am over 45 I am still learning, so I am not sure there is too much I can or would like to teach.