” Not all those who wander are lost “

I was born and brought up in New Delhi in a typical middle-class Indian family with a conservative mindset- Joint family, do this do that, and this way that way type of stuff.

I was totally lost as a child. I had no clue what’s going on around me. I was lost at home and school. By first grade, I realized that I was supposed to get 90% in something called exams at school, I have to be very good at English, and I must be liked by everyone. Unfortunately, I failed in all. I was not a total loser, though. I was brilliant in Football and sports in general. Actually, I have neither been good at anything nor enjoyed anything in life except playing Football.

Slowly, I realized that I have to follow a script in life. I have to become an engineer, find a job, marry a woman from a particular caste, and create a family. I have to be successful and rich. How it happened, I don’t know but I was a rebel by nature. I never liked staying at home. I was always aloof. Two things happened in high school which saved my life. First, I became above average in my studies. This gave me full freedom from the nonsense pressures of studying. Second, I fell in love with my school. This saved my life.

Immediately after high school, I started smoking and drinking. Drugs entered my life in college. I did become an Electronics and Communications engineer. I have no clue how. In fact, it was so brutal that it just pushed me away from technology. No wonder, India produces many engineers but no inventions. Only one good thing happened in college. I fell in love with books. Reading after Weeding was flying to me.

By the time I graduated, I was a chain smoker, weeder, and heavy drinker. After graduation, I knew one thing that I can’t be a software engineer. I started doing ‘petty sales marketing jobs in Delhi and somehow reached Bijapur to work for Coca-Cola. My job was simple. Sell Coke as much as I can. Till the last breath. No matter what. I saw real India there and got an itch for traveling. Then I worked for a startup making sports and devotional products for mobile phones. The fourth good thing that happened in life, I got exposed to the world of data. I went to the USA and did a Master’s in Machine Learning. The USA was not in destiny. Somehow, I moved to Mexico City. There I headed the business for Latin America for an Indian company.

In Mexico, I got enlightened. It was an adventure for a few years through the depth of the corporate world, traveling, the land of parties, women, drinking, and drugging, questioning, observing, reasoning, exploring, and discovering. From a raging addict, workaholic, and ignorant guy, I became sober, wiser, and a better human being.

I am an entrepreneur, yoga meditation teacher, addiction counselor, solo travel coach, and certified scuba diver.

I have traveled for over 5 years in Latin America, North America, and Asia. I can speak Spanish pretty well.

I am Single. Healthy. I started this blog to practice writing 🙂