INDIA → GERMANY · PLACES → PEOPLE → STORIES

Between systems and stories.

I’m Surya. This is a personal space for the places I’ve lived, the things I’m learning, the work I care about, and the stories I want to remember.

01 / TIMELINE

A life in chapters.

INDIA
BREMEN
LÜBECK

Learning cities

Crossing disciplines

Moving goods, building a life

Growing up in India shaped my curiosity about cities, people, movement, and the everyday systems around us.

Bremen brought a new country, a new language, new friendships, and a different way of seeing home.

Lübeck is the current chapter: work, cycling, photography, music, quiet discoveries, and building a life in northern Germany.

02 / EVERYDAY LIFE

What fills my days.

Curiosity and craft

Outside and moving

People and community

I enjoy learning how things work, making useful ideas clearer, and turning small observations into something worth sharing.

Cycling, walking, train journeys, and photography help me notice places slowly and remember them honestly.

Teaching, mentoring, and representing international students have always kept the human side of work close.

03 / RESOURCES

Notes from along the way.

NOTEBOOK

TRAVEL
CULTURE

Things I keep learning

Roads worth taking

Living between languages

Short notebook entries about useful ideas, small experiments, books, tools, and lessons worth keeping.

Walks, train rides, cycling routes, photographs, and slower ways of discovering a place.

Honest notes on belonging, communication, culture, and making a home somewhere new.

06 / JOURNAL

Thinking in public.

DRAFT ARTICLE
RESEARCH NOTE
FIELD ESSAY

Starting again is a life skill

The small rituals that make a place home

Why I keep a notebook

A reflection on changing countries, changing careers, and keeping curiosity intact.

Thoughts on friendships, language, familiar routines, and slowly belonging.

What writing things down teaches me about attention, memory, and everyday life.

04 / PHOTOGRAPHY

Places that stayed.

Visual archives capturing the mountain passes of Ladakh, the quiet riverfronts of Bremen, and historic canals of Lübeck.

05 / VERIFICATION

Evidence, with context.

Professional references, academic certificates, and selected project work are available upon request. All public documents are redacted and watermarked for security.

07 / INQUIRIES

Have a thoughtful reason to write?

For a thoughtful conversation, a shared idea, a cycling route, a book recommendation, or simply to say hello.