Bhavish Aggarwal’s long road from Kabul to Koramangala

Three million people died in the Soviet-Afghan war. As the devastating proxy war for global supremacy played out on Afghan soil, an adventurous Indian doctor couple, stationed in Kabul, welcomed their first bundle of joy. That baby boy, who they rather presciently called Bhavish – meaning future – was born amid the frostiness of the cold war and grew up to be one of India’s most consequential startup founders. Bhavish Aggarwal spent his early