CURRENT MISSION

Feeling universal, feeling timeless, feeling ever-new, feeling connected to each and all.

ABOUT ME

I guess you will find me nice and gentle, friendly, helpful amd dependable, interesting, smart and handsome, not very talkative, knowing wise words, music loving, poetry loving, meditation loving, open minded, insightful guy.

- I enjoy discussing life, reality, purpose--very general topics like these and exploring viewpoints of different spiritual traditions and modern science theories about those.
- I play Tabla. A jamming session or a music session is welcoming for me.
- I love watching and discussing movies and learning about nice movies to watch.
- I enjoy long walks and getting lost in an unknown place, provided I have time of course.
- A quiet-time or meditation session together is refreshing for me.

I am easy-going and friendly. But I better go along with those who are not offensive or not too criticizing, not too loud, open-minded. I dislike weak fragile mentality.

I am the last person to be insincere. You can depend on me right-away. I do not drink, but very rarely can have a beer together. I smoke occasionally.

I feel, be it science, art or religion, all have something common at their back. All of them can give us very deep feelings and immense joy. One has to learn to appreciate. So keep your attitude open and inclusive. Focus on learning instead of criticizing.

PHILOSOPHY

Here are some things that I learnt from my life experience so far. These are not instructions, most of them are just the facts as I have seen....

Be strong above all. Never mind and Be strong under all conditions, however degraded. Weakness is no solution, it is the fundamental problem.

Try being a hero in fearlessness and in-dependence.

Keep your head calm under all conditions. Refuse that excitement which clearly comes from weakness.

Inspire and organize yourself by your own thoughts every day.

As long as you recognize good things, you will also recognize bad things, no matter how much you sugar-coat that. Seeing bad is inevitable, but don't dwell on badness. Refuse to think of it and turn to something good.

Mistakes happen. Boldly accept its responsibility without blaming others, but refuse to feel weak. Get up again.

Problems come. See what you can do. Have faith in yourself and go ahead do it.

Separate love from causality. Externally take steps as necessary by observing cause and effect. But internally love everyone and everything. Feel that.

You will have at least one unanswered question in this life no matter what that is or how you reach that.

Learn and practice little meditation. That will let you do all the above better and may bring much more that you expect.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By hosting, surfing, hanging out and connecting through this site.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Several kinds, almost all nice...It can connect and enrich people efficiently...Much more is possible...Above all, I am grateful.

Interests

In general everything that invokes a sense of limitlessness or eternity in some way.

I am interested in spirituality, philosophy, music, literature, poetry, creativity, mind sciences, quantum science and cosmology, traveling.

• arts
• literature
• poetry
• meditation
• movies
• traveling
• music
• classical music
• surfing
• religion
• science
• statistics

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
• Favorite genres: Indian and Western Classical, New Age, Ambient, Bengali songs, Ghazals, Country music, Celtic music, Religious/Sacred music

• Favorite Musicians/Composers:
Indian Classical -- Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Nikhil Banerjee, Amir Khan, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ahmed Jaan Thirakhwa, Zakir Hussain, Kishori Amonkar, Bhim Sen Joshi, Jasraj, Shivkumar Sharma, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Rashid Khan, Raajan Mishra and Saajan Mishra
Western Classical -- Chopin, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi
Vocal -- Madhurani, Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali, Ahmed Hussain and Mohammed Hussain, Mohd. Rafi, Manna Dey, Ajoy Chakraborty, Lata Mangeshkar, Subhamita, Kabir Suman, Enya, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Sissel, Jim Reeves, Andy Williams, Celine Dion, John Denver, Kenny G, Andre Rieu
Composers -- Angelo Badalamenti, Tron Syversen, Vangelis, Kenny G, The Shadows, Paul Mauriat

• Some favorite songs/compositions:
'Prabhujee' by Ravi Shankar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG5Gk56Di8g
Chopin, Nocturne 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZUw78FXpG4
Chopin, Nocturne 8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNZBtYT1vF0
Bach, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OgZCCoXWc
'Memory' by Barbra Streisand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Ruh0ewBVo
'Moonriver' by Barbra Streisand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voNndQGuAt8
'If I Could Be Where You Are' by Enya. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgpgaoPLue4
'Dreams' by Enya. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6em0CcP_p9w
'La vie en rose' by Edith Piaf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0feNVUwQA8U
'Falling' by Julee Cruise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srqIymNRVYc
'Bilitis theme' by Francis Lai. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9olZZIoOM8

Movies:
• Favorite Directors: Satyajit Ray, Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Charlie Chaplin, Richard Curtis, David Lynch

• Favorite movies: The Shawshank Redemption, The Pianist, Golpo Holeo Sotti(Bengali), Schindler's List, Gladiator, 12 Angry Men, Satyajit Ray's Apu series, Aranyer Dinratri and several others (Bengali), Titanic, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, The Terminal, The Scent of A Woman, Dog Day Afternoon, The Priceless, Matrix, The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, It's a Wonderful Life, Léon: The Professional, Casablanca, Life is Beautiful, Rear Window, Great Dictator, City lights, To kill a Mockingbird, Braveheart, The Sting, Rashomon, Yojimbo, 3 idiots, Blue Velvet, Into the wild, The Sixth Sense, The Illusionist, A Beautiful Mind, The Bridges of Madison County, Bourne series, The Big Fish, Before Sunrise, Before sunset, The Graduate, Roman Holiday, In the Mood For Love, The Truman Dhow, Notting Hill, Sense and Sensibility, You've Got Mail, Love Actually, Harvey, and many more...

Books:
• Books on spirituality -- Hindu Scriptures, Books on Christian mysticism, spiritual literature of all traditions
• Books on/of Ramakrishna, Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, Ramana Maharshi, St. Francis, St. John of Cross, Brother Lawrence, and many more
• Conceptual books on science and art
• Favorite poets -- Wordsworth, Keats, Byron, Rumi, Tagore, Shakespeare sonnets
• Favorite authors -- Satyajit Ray, Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay, Sanjib Chattopadhyay, Agatha Christie, Dan Brown

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach/share a good deal about:
- Indian philosophy and religion, Vedanta and Yoga
- Modern physics, relativity, quantum theory
- Indian classical music and folk music
- Playing Tabla -- the most versatile rhythm instrument in the world
- Statistics and data science
- Relaxation and meditation techniques
- Basic Sanskrit language
- Recipes from Indian cuisine

I am open to learning. Would love to learn anything that is not too odd for me.

I love to share travel experiences, movie discussions, food talks, and above all, on spirituality, higher meaning and goal of life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States

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