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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Bengali, Bangla, English, English, Hindi; learning Spanish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Student, struggling researcher, daydreamer,
  • Graduate student at UVA.
  • From Calcutta & Durgapur, West Bengal, India.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

the distance is quite simply much too far for me to row it seems farther than ever before...

ABOUT ME

I'm a Disaster. Honestly. Trying to pick up the pieces.

PHILOSOPHY

Shit happens. But there's always tomorrow.

Dream. And never EVER give up on your dreams.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Been a charm.

Interests

Politics, elections, exo-Biology, Tolkien & Middle Earth, backpacking, day dreaming, skygazing, moonlight, road trips, good music, good movies, good conversations, long evening walks, not filling up forms like these.

  • politics
  • movies
  • music
  • backpacking
  • biology
  • road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: where should I begin, and end? But yes, everything by J R R Tolkien.
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Movies: just to name a few,

Movies of directors Cameron Crowe, Richard Linklater, Stephen Spielberg, Rob Reiner (pre 1994), Satyajit Ray, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Sam Raimi, Robert Zemeckis, Tim Burton, Zhang Yimou, Wong Kar Wai, Pedro Almodovar......et al.

Juno, Almost Famous, Gattaca, Jurassic Park, Dead Poets Society, Decalogue, Reality Bites, Ciao Professore, Contact, Raise The Red Lantern, Edward Scissorhands, Lord of the Rings series, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Pulp Fiction, The Last Samurai, Princess Bride, Stand By Me, The Apu Trilogy, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander, Before Sunrise, Forrest Gump, Say Anything, Casablanca, The Godfather, Star Wars Saga, Kill Bill, Garden State, The Man With No Name Trilogy, Jerry Maguire, Elizabethtown, October Sky, Cider House Rules, Batman: The Dark Knight.....and many more.
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MUSIC:

Alternative Rock. Ambient/New Age, Electronica, Classical 60's to 70's rock.

To name a few,

Travis (alltime favorite), Aerosmith, Allman Brothers Band, Ace of Base, All-American Rejects, Arctic Monkeys, Barenaked Ladies, The Beatles, Bhoomi, Bob Dylan, Bob Sinclar, Bowling For Soup, Bryan Adams, The Byrds, Chandrabindoo, Chemical Brothers, Chicane, Chuck Berry, Coldplay, The Corrs, The Cranberries, Daft Punk, Dashboard Confessionals, Death Cab for Cutie, Dido, The Eels, Eiffel 65, Enigma, Enya, Evanescence, Faithless, Fall Out Boy, Fat Boy Slim, Five For Fighting, Fleetwood Mac, The Fray, Fountains of Wayne, Gypsy Kings, Goo Goo Dolls, Guster, Green Day, Jack Johnson, Janis Joplin, Jean Michel Jarre, Johnny Cash, Juanes, Keane, Kishore Kumar, Led Zep, Low Millions, Madonna, Mercedes Sosa, Moby, Mohd. Rafi, Nelly Furtado, Oasis, Placebo, R.E.M., Robert Miles, Safri Duo, Sarah Mclachlan, Shakira, Simon & Garfunkel, The Shins, Smashing Pumpkins, Sting, Three Doors Down, Third Eye Blind, The Who, The Verve.....

Teach, Learn, Share

Want to learn: anything and everything. You can't boundaries on 'learning'.

Want to share: a good chat, life experiences, laughs. Anything really. Especially on Indian and international politics, society, music, movies.

Countries I’ve Visited

India

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States

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