Thank you so much, Bizcreator, for giving me a platform to share the challenges, my love for Animal, obstacles, ups, and downs I have faced throughout my life, along with the positives and outcomes that have shaped who I am today. Just by seeing these questions, I am in a sea of emotions, because my whole life has been a roller coaster ride of difficulties and blank situations.
As a writer, creator, or someone actively involved in Animal Welfare, I am so glad to provide answers to your questions with a smile and a gaze.
Ques – 1. Can you tell us about your early life—where you were born and brought up, and how your childhood shaped who you are today?
Ans. – Basically, if going in depth, I was a premature baby and born at my cousin Mama’s Hospital – BHRC, Indore, and that too in 7 months. My hometown is Satna, Madhya Pradesh, the nation’s only center point. I was in a glass ventilator for days due to my body being full of hair, incomplete body organs, and a body with no complete muscles. I was the star since my birth, as plenty of people came to see me because the chances of my survival were less (Bad Poor Joke, I know).
I was raised like this the same.
Since the start, because I was born into a Jain family, my intentions have always been pure towards everyone, including animals. I started feeding cows and dogs from an early stage because my parents taught me one thing –
“अगर खिला नहीं सकते तो मारो भी मत | दर्द उनको भी होता है क्यंकि अपने जैसे उनके भी शरीर, चमड़ी अंग हैं | तुम्हारा कान एथूं तो तमको भी दर्द होता है तो उनको भी ऐसे ही दर्द होता है | एक चींटी को भी मारने से तुम कितने ही अपने कर्म बाँध देते हो और नर्क के दरवाजे खोल देते हो |”
Because of these teachings from childhood, I was raised well and have been working for animals ever since. For a few years, I started rescuing and treating, but by then, I always felt their pain and regularly prayed with god to save them at any cost.
Ques – 2. How did your stammering and communication challenges influence your school/college life, friendships, and overall confidence while growing up?
Ans. – Stammering is my life’s undetachable part because of which I was brutally trolled, humiliated, felt ashamed, and neglected by 95% of things. My mom used to tell me I had stammered since the start, because when a baby starts to speak, during that phase, my whole face turns red to spell the word ‘Mummy’. Over time, due to my surroundings, my stammering reached a God-level.
I still remember the days when my own friends neglected me to save time because I used to take a while to respond and finish a sentence. I was never allowed to keep my points because, for them, if I start speaking, their hours will be wasted. I remember how my confidence went too low when I was surrounded by 5 to 6 classmates in school, and I stammered on one line, repeating it more than 15 times while they circled me, making fun of me. That day, I cried the most in my life and even told my mom that I wanted to die and jump into the well. Note: I was in the 5th standard when this thought came to mind. Imagine the level of torture I have faced.
I was the singer at my school, but due to these trolls and harassment, I stopped singing there because they used to make fun of how a stammering guy could sing, and after I sang, they would ask me to keep singing to avoid my stammer in simple communication. I stopped taking landline and mobile phones due to all this, because my stammering problem and fear of being judged and of taking up others’ time because of it rose alarmingly. I avoid taking calls except from my family. I stopped visiting places and going to parties to avoid social connections and became an extreme introvert.
Ques – 3. What personal or family challenges affected you the most during your younger years, and how did they impact your mindset and emotional strength?
Ans. – My only emotional challenge that changed my whole life is stammering. That particular thing allowed me to select people, choose friends according to those who don’t laugh, because whenever I used to stammer, people around me would smile and laugh for almost 99.9%. Earlier, my parents too thought that laughing alone would solve my stammering problem, and they used to shout at me whenever I stammered.
Due to years of neglect, trolling, baseless judgments, and hate that I have faced for being a person who stammers, I avoided interacting with humans and started to love animals and plants more because they never judge me based on how long it takes me to respond and stammer on a single line. These things affected my mindset and emotional strength the most, and I started hating people. One more reason was that people are always inflicting cruelty on animals, whether it’s eating them or shooing them away with stones, warm water being thrown at them, or kicks. I started feeling their pain more and taking that pain personally upon me, which further infuriated my anger within me.
Already, due to negligence, my anger was at its height, and these cruelties against these souls were at an alarming rate. I became a short-tempered guy to the extent that I was always ready to beat the hell out of someone who messes with me or abuses animals. I was often seen fighting in and out of school, which landed me on the school’s list. Twice a month, I was sent to my principal’s office for punishment and made to stay hours after school for my behaviour. I was often told that I would be resticated, but my teachers knew my reason behind all this, as I was there at that school from the start. Also, they knew my safest side: being one of the most emotional, heartfelt, and friendly guys ever at the school, so they never suspended me.
Ques – 4. What role did fear, hesitation, or social pressure play in your personal life—especially in relationships, self-image, and your journey toward confidence?
Ans. – Despite years of practicing my speech, I still have a fear of speaking in front of people on stage. I still hesitate to call new people, but over time, this issue is resolving. As a content writer, I apply to many jobs. Still, when I am the one to call for further discussion by myself, I most often hesitate, whether due to my speech, they might cancel even to provide me a sample, just by a thought that – ये तो हिंदी हीअ अच्छे से नहीं बोल पा रहा है, अंग्रेजी क्या ख़ाक बोलेगा और लिखेगा? Again, I know this is again my prejudge, but yes, this fear and hesitation are still with me.
2025 is about to end, and one of the most significant societal pressures is to earn a handsome amount if you want to be respected in the market and the world. Due to being neglected and disrespected for years, I have this fear and pressure on top because I know that without money, no one is respected, and I am already the one who has been facing the disrespect for years, along with harassment. This societal pressure is killing me, but I am a warrior and won’t let it bring me down, as I have already seen enough of my downfall.
In a relationship, I am one of the luckiest guys ever to have a partner who accepted me with all my flaws and never, till now, after years of being together, laughed at my stammer. She’s the only one who stood with me in plenty of my life’s crucial decisions, and we even stayed loyal to each other even in long distance. All my present sisters, brothers, and friends are limited, but the chosen ones who always understand me and never let me down or laugh at me ever.
My confidence now is like – “हसना हैं न, हस ले मेरे ऊपर, मेरे आवाज पे, फिर भगवान तेरी जो बर्बरता करेगा, वो देख कर भी में नहीं हसूंगा क्यंकि में तेरे जैसा इंसान नहीं हूँ | और, अब कोई हसता भी है तो मुझे फरक नहीं पड़ता | मेरे कारण वो हस के खून बड़ा रहा है | हसले दिल खोल के |”
Ques – 5. How did these experiences lead you toward writing? What made writing feel like your voice when speaking felt difficult?
Ans. – I have been the only guy in my schooling times who used to get full marks in essays because, as we have been hearing for years, if one door is shut, the next door must be opened for you by God. And that’s the fact of me being a writer. I was having trouble speaking, so my strengths and interests shifted to writing, and I started talking through my words. Earlier, my long texts were made fun of by my friends, but now they miss them, and those long texts have become a source of my passion, a profession, and a way to relax.
Ques – 6. How did your love for Animals begin, and what inspired you to become an animal activist, eventually becoming the father of Shaggy?
Ans. – As I mentioned earlier, because of all the neglect I have faced, I have become more connected to animal, as they never judge me for my stammering and condition. I started hanging out with them to avoid connecting with people. Now, I consider every animal my family and my son. Talking about Shaggy, he is my dearest son whom I adopted in Ahmedabad when I was living in a rented flat all alone.
I adopted him on the 28th of February, 2022, and what I learned from the person who had been caring for him by then shook me to the core. He was left on the busy Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar Highway all alone without his mom and siblings nearby, and that too when his eyes weren’t open. She kept him along with her two dogs by the time he was in full senses and around 50 days old. I adopted him via an Instagram post, and that day, I realized how he fooled us: he looked innocent in a photo, but in reality, he was one of the most notorious dogs ever.
I adopted him after seeing how my neighbor had adopted Tiger, a mixed Labrador. I was living alone, so that loneliness was affecting my mindset, so I decided to adopt Shaggy, but in general, he adopted us. For the first time in life, I picked up the waste of my shaggy after taking him home, and to be frank, I am the guy who has never even done something like that, but in that case, I didn’t even hesitate in picking up his poop, which made me realise how fast I have accepted myself as his father.
Shaggy supported me the most in his training, and, not over-telling it, he is currently one of the most trained dogs ever who knows right and left angles, rooms of our house by name, his house address and path, how to behave and everything because we never treated him as a pet, we always treated him, especially me and my soulmate, as a Son, as a Child.
Ques – 7. Looking at everything you’ve lived through—your struggles, growth, writing, Animal activism, and bond with Shaggy—what is your vision for your future and the person you want to become?
Ans. – Unlike others, I want a simple life with no money greed, but enough money to raise my family and keep them well, along with helping as many animals as I can. As an Animal lover, I want to be like this always, away from any show-off or publicity in assisting animals, without any harmful intentions. My only purpose is to help the needy souls. Remember – Animals aren’t voiceless; they only speak to those who really understand them. I want to be known as a person who’s down to earth, not only to humans but also to animals, mostly.
Ques – 8. Now that you are working a full-time job, how are you balancing your personal challenges, passions, caring Animal, and responsibilities—and what changes have full-time work brought into your routine and mindset?
Ans. – In my genuine self, I want to thank my employer for understanding me and giving me the time to shift myself from a person who was a freelancer for 4.5 years to one in a full-time remote job. It was tough for both of us because before my injury, I was 24*7 active in rescuing animals, but now I have to manage my time along with my job. Also, I had never been on a job, so it was tough for me to be on time from 11 am to 7 pm every day.
But with grace and hard work, I have now successfully shifted to and even adjusted to a fully remote job, and am delivering content in line with the guidelines and deadlines. I do have a very precious team at our NGO who understands me deeply and asks me to be there only on Sundays, as per my availability. Also, I make time for my family and Shaggy, along with my job, because I have now made everything systematic and work according to my timetable.
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