Am an ordinary man even though highly educated professionally from Andhra, Germany & the U.K., now retired. With extraordinary interests - traveling, reading, writing, conversing on many topics under the sun - create an undulating scale model diorama and layout in HO scale, AC and DC powered. My philosophy and experience in a nutshell: The East is good; so is the West. Each has good points as well as the not so good and thus I seek a friend to walk beside me, not ahead nor behind. I can teach as well as learn, give as well take. I value education and the work ethic, be it ever so humble.