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Boy of Bagathala
Boy of Bagathala
From the dust of the Fulki riverbed to the digital fortresses of Silicon Valley.
From the dust of the Fulki riverbed to the digital fortresses of Silicon Valley.
From the dust of a small Indian village to the digital fortresses of California, this is a story of distance and return. It begins with a boy running away from his roots to chase a dream. But to truly find his way, he must first get completely and devastatingly lost.
That journey into the wilderness begins in a chaotic student hostel. Stripped of his village identity, Arjun finds himself adrift in a world that doesn't care about his past glories. The shame of failure becomes his constant companion, and he seeks refuge in the darkness of cinema halls. His connection to home and to himself, begins to fade.
Rescued from the brink, Arjun’s path back is a ninety-day struggle for redemption. He must fight to prove not just that he is smart, but that he is resilient. Boy of Bagathala is a powerful work of autofiction that explores the universal truth of the banyan tree: the roots you try to escape are the only things that can truly hold you up. It is a story for anyone who has ever had to find their way back home.
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