CURRENT MISSION

is to find a mission.

ABOUT ME

Ok first of all let me say this - I hate writing these '100 words intro to yourself' thingies. For several reasons. I feel very self conscious and a little bit like 'what have I done with my life?' :p
I am "jack of all trades, master of some(?)"
I love playing and kicking a** at chess.
A little bit of drums and guitars.
I am a freelance photographer/cinematographer by profession. You can check out my youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/devashin?feature=watch
and my Behance profile at :https://www.behance.net/debashishkumar
Left leaning liberal, feminist, professional right-wing hater, anti-natalist, anti-American-imperialism, environmentally conscious, skeptic.
add me on Facebook to find out more!

PHILOSOPHY

"Why do I live my life?" I would love to live Brad Pitt's life if possible, but since I was given this one, I struggle and strive :)

Another philosophy I have is, one should at least read someone's profile before requesting to stay with them. Make a reference to similar interests we may share, or anything just to prove that one is interested in more than just the free couch. That's basically my criteria for accepting or rejecting requests. I used to give sermons to everyone who (would first of all not have filled out their profile and would have zero references) would just ask for the couch, I would tell them about the community 'ethics', etc. Started to feel very sanctimonious. I don't do that anymore. If you send in a blank request, I will straight away reject it; you can chalk it down to whatever. But if you have had your request rejected, you probably never got around to reading this anyway, so what's the use of all of this anyway? This is what drives me to existentialism :p
Rant over.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have hosted quite a few times. Planning to do a lot more hosting. Have met some of the most fun people and am in touch with quite a few, on and off.

Did an awesome road trip to the Canyonlands in the US - met the people through CS!

Interests

Chess
Music
Films
Indian Politics
Photography
Cinematography
History
Arsenal Football Club

• politics
• american politics

Music, Movies, and Books

Quintin Tarantino, Anurag Kashyap, Dibaker Banerjee, Scorsese, Woody Allen, Darren Arronofsky, Nolan, Akin and many more.

Porcupine Tree, Megadeth, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, SOAD, RATM, Alterbridge, Steven Wilson

GoT, Black Mirror, The Affair, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, F.R.I.E.N.D.S., Modern Family, Arrested Development, Family guy....tons more...

Not a big fan of fiction (which is ironical considering my Bachelors degree is in Literature)...lately I have been reading a lot of history books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekked from Dehradun to Mussoorie and back!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my passion for photography/videography and music. Otherwise I am a good listener, which ofcourse is a wonderful thing if you like to talk a lot :p

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, India