Name

My name is Danish Contractor.

People commonly mistake my name to mean my designation or job role or company name etc.

No, I am not a contractor and I am not Danish - I am Indian and yes, that is really my name! :) 

Here's what my name actually means :

Danish - A persian word for 'wisdom'

Contractor - Well, it is what it sounds like. The last name is because my forefathers were building contractors earlier. They built churches, universities, bridges etc - some of them still exist in a place called Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Interests

Apart from work, I enjoy reading, cycling and traveling. I also have a keen interest in Current Affairs and Foreign Relations. 

Travel

I enjoy driving and it is my preferred mode of travel. (Here's an old page from a travel competition Great Driving Challenge Application- Danish)

Participating in the Raid-de-Himalaya is something I'd like to do. 

My father was in the Indian Army, and over the years, I have lived in Cambridge, New Delhi, Gurgaon, Bangalore, Moscow, Secunderabad , Yol (near Dharamsala) and Babina (nearJhansi).

In India, I have traveled extensively in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashatra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Karnataka, Kerela, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya.  

I have been to the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Russia (lived in Moscow for 3 years), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Italy, Greece, Poland, Belarus, China, Turkey, Norway, Ireland, Egypt, the US, Spain, Portugal, UAE, Canada, Argentina, Cuba, New Zealand, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Oman, Jordan, Singapore, Bhutan, Malaysia, South Korea and Mexico.

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