My Journey

Born and raised in Madhubani, a small city in Bihar that most people know as the birthplace of Mithila painting.

For those of us who grew up there, art isn't hanging on museum walls; it's painted on the walls of homes, drawn on floors during festivals, woven into fabric and lives.

My mother and father both practiced Mithila art, intricate, two-dimensional work with bold borders, nature motifs, and mythological scenes passed down through generations.

Growing up watching them work, I learned that creativity is not a hobby. It is a way of seeing.

My grandfather was a remarkable flute player, not professionally, but in the way that matters more: passionately, for the love of it.

He would play in the evenings and I would sit nearby, not knowing those sounds were shaping something in me.

 My mother and father were both Mithila artists. They would sit for hours, painting intricate figures with steady hands, filling walls and canvases with bold lines, mythological scenes, and nature motifs passed down through generations.

I would watch them with wide-open eyes, mesmerised, trying to understand how something so beautiful could flow so naturally from their fingertips. Those quiet hours of watching them work taught me more about patience, detail, and devotion than any classroom ever could.

 Our home had the energy of a small cultural institution, someone was always practicing, performing, or creating.

There was never pressure to be an artist. But there was also never any doubt that art was serious, worthy of your whole self.

 I was the one who eventually picked up a brush. Then charcoal. Then a stylus.

Growing up, I found myself pulled in two directions that never really felt separate.

One was art, the quiet joy of drawing, painting, and noticing beauty in details. The other was curiosity, a constant fascination with gadgets, systems, and the hidden logic behind how things worked.

 I was not writing code back then, but I was always interested in the why behind things.

I liked the mystery of it, the idea that something could look simple from the outside and still hold an entire world of thought within it.

 That way of seeing stayed with me.

And somewhere along the way, art and technology stopped feeling like two different interests. They became two sides of the same instinct: to understand, to create, and to bring ideas into form.

I studied Computer Science and Engineering at Lovely Professional University in Punjab.

During my time there, I immersed myself in the vibrant tech community, participating extensively in hackathons.

 It was also during this time that I discovered my love for building interactive experiences.

I started by writing small game projects in plain JavaScript just to see if I could make logic move. That curiosity naturally evolved into learning Unity, where I spent hours crafting my own shooting and puzzle games.

 Those personal projects, combined with the adrenaline of rapidly building working products from scratch under hackathon deadlines, were transformative.

They deepened my fascination with how things actually work under the hood and how complex systems of code come together.

 College was where my creative instincts and technical interests finally fused.

I left with a degree, a conviction that design and engineering belong together, and an enduring curiosity for how digital experiences are built.

I still paint whenever I get the time. No matter how busy life gets, I always find my way back to it.

Painting slows me down, clears my head, and reminds me to notice details I would otherwise miss.

 Some days it is acrylic or oil on canvas, where I can sit with texture, layers, and patience.

Other days it is charcoal, where everything feels raw, immediate, and honest. And sometimes it turns digital, where I can experiment freely and follow an idea wherever it wants to go.

 Art has never been something I left behind. It is still a living part of me, something I return to for joy, for balance, and for that quiet feeling of making something real with my own hands. You can see some of my work on Instagram (@canvas_by_pk).

I have been a gamer since childhood, back when pixelated worlds and arcade-style action felt magical.

I grew up playing games like Contra, Street Fighter, Cage Fighter, Urban Reign, and many more that made every level, fight, and win feel unforgettable. Those games were full of energy, challenge, and imagination, and they shaped my love for interactive experiences very early on.

 Even today, gaming remains one of my favorite escapes.

What I love most is how games blend storytelling, visuals, music, design, and technology into something deeply immersive. That childhood excitement never really left me.

 Right now, I'm currently playing GOD OF WAR 4, and like always, it keeps feeding that same fascination I've had for years:

how interactive worlds are built, and how powerful they can feel when everything comes together.

I have always felt drawn to the road, especially toward the mountains, quiet places, and corners of the map that feel a little less touched, a little less hurried.

Travel, for me, is not just about reaching somewhere new. It is about feeling small in the best possible way, stepping out of routine, and letting a place leave its mark on you.

I'm most at home in the hills, in cold air, winding roads, silent trails, and those long pauses where everything suddenly feels clearer. Over the years, I've been fortunate to wander through places like Triund, Dharamshala, Kullu, Kasol, Chitkul, Kinnaur, Spiti Valley, Kaza, Nainital, Sangla Valley, Dalhousie, Nag Tibba, Kheerganga, Landour, Mussoorie, and many more. Each place gave me a different story, a different mood, a different version of myself.

I love documenting these journeys through photographs and words, trying to hold on to a feeling before it fades. Some stories find their way to my Medium, others to Instagram, but all of them begin the same way: with wonder, movement, and the urge to keep exploring.

Now based in Mumbai, I spend my days building digital products and bringing ideas to life through code.

Over the years, I've worked across web experiences, product interfaces, and scalable frontend systems, always drawn to the craft of making things that are useful, thoughtful, and enjoyable to use.

 What excites me most is building at the intersection of design, engineering, and product thinking.

I like turning rough ideas into polished experiences, whether that means shaping a clean user flow, improving performance, or building something from scratch that people genuinely enjoy using.

 Lately, I've also been exploring AI with the same curiosity that first pulled me toward technology, not just as a trend, but as a new creative tool for building smarter, more meaningful products.