Every success story begins with a setback. Mine started in 2001, when a single exam score closed the door to a dream college and forced me to face my first big failure.

In this episode, I share how that disappointment became the spark for my journey — from studying on a diploma seat, to playing tabla at orchestras, to fixing broken computers and building tiny hardware shops that barely survived. Along the way, a crashed music-studio hard disk taught me one lesson that shaped my future: data is life.

Step by step, those failures became the foundation of my career in cybersecurity. From tightening screws for a few hundred rupees to protecting enterprise systems across the world, this is the story of how I turned setbacks into stepping stones.

If you’ve ever felt like failure defined you, this episode will show you how it can fuel you.

Stay tuned for Episode 2, where I share how small beginnings turned into a global career.