Let me tell you a story that’s been rusting in the history books for a while. It was around the early 1200s. The Warangal Empire in Southern India was under the remarkable rule of King Ganapati Deva of the Kakatiya dynasty. Known for his extraordinary leadership, Ganapati Deva expanded the Warangal kingdom to encompass most of present-day southern Indian states. He tirelessly fortified the Warangal Fort, implemented policies to ensure the security, law, and order of his people, and fostered overall well-being. Under his reign, the kingdom transformed into a flourishing empire with vibrant foreign trade and cultural monuments, some of which still stand today. Ganapati Deva's childhood was marked by trauma; he lost both his biological and adopted fathers in a war with a neighboring kingdom and was taken captive as a child. Thanks to the loyalty and efficiency of Warangal’s chief of the army, young Ganapati was eventually released unharmed after a series of diplomatic peace ...
Let me tell you a story that began in India a while ago. There was a little girl who was very energetic. She couldn’t sit still at one place and had trouble focusing. She told her parents that she felt different compared to her friends and siblings. Her parents thought that she was a smart girl who could do anything she set her mind to, there was nothing wrong with her, and that she was probably just a bit too lazy. The little girl believed them. She believed that probably it was just as hard for everyone as it is for her, and others are simply better at overcoming hurdles than she is. There were high academic standards set for her at home, so she never had an option to fail. She had to come up with ways to solve her ‘focusing’ problems herself. At home, she would walk back and forth while studying, which helped her concentrate better. At school, she would force herself keep focused by writing down every word that came out of the teacher’s mouth. She comes from a cu...