Hello everyone! I'm a 27 year old male from India, and I was born with cleft lip and palate. I've undergone 6 surgeries, countless dental treatments and years of speech therapy like most of us here. It's been so hard, at the very least, but also taught me a lot.

2023 has been a career break for me and I'm using the time to travel across India and the world. I recently went for the Everest Base Camp trek in Nepal and met a kind-hearted cleft warrior in the capital's famous bookstore. Both of us enjoyed meeting each other, and this experience makes me want more of such interactions.

There's something special about meeting another person with cleft, a cleft warrior, irrespective of the age, gender, country because there is a lot of common experiences that only people with cleft understand.

I'll be traveling to Sri Lanka (Colombo and Weligama), New Delhi, Tokyo, Seattle and New York in the next 3 months. If any of you live in these areas, and would be comfortable meeting me, let me know. I'd love to meet you and talk about many things.