Born in Magadha

I was born in Gopalganj, Bihar — a district that sits quietly in the map of modern India but carries the weight of ancient Magadha in its soil. This was the land where Chandragupta Maurya once planned empires. Where strategy, patience, and grit weren't taught in classrooms — they were inherited.

Growing up, I didn't know I was living in history. I was just a child running through dusty lanes, watching my elders talk about land, family, and community with a seriousness that only made sense later. The values instilled here — patience, resourcefulness, never backing down — became the invisible architecture of every decision I'd later make.

There's something about being from a place that the world has mostly forgotten. It teaches you that recognition comes from what you do, not where you're from. That the greatest empires were once just ideas in someone's mind.

I left Magadha young. But Magadha never left me.