This is the success story of a person who has faced social malaise like body shaming, bullying, discrimination, apartheid from his childhood to adolescent stage of his life. As a result of these mind-boggling experiences, he also became a victim of depression. But it is said that those who try are never defeated.
By imbibing this basic mantra in his life, crossing countless difficulties, ‘Raj Nair’, a young man of unmatched talent and personality has not only established a distinctive identity of himself but also became a support pillar to all those people who are facing depression in their life.
Raj Nair was born in a middle-class family in Kerala. For some reason his entire family had to come from Kerala to Pune, Maharashtra and this was the time when the real struggle of Raj’s life started. Moving from South India to West India was, in effect, moving towards a completely new culture. Leaving from the school of a small village in Kerala, the atmosphere of the schools in Pune was different for Raj.
The disgusting game of children called bullying in Raj’s childhood, which our society often ignores as small things has also poisoned the adolescent stage of Raj Nair’s Developement.
Raj was introvert by nature, he was not able to make friends. His classmates and some people of distorted mindset, has always made fun of his complexion, body structure, dressing sense, language and his whole existence itself was filled with question marks.
Seeing this toxic face of the society, Raj went surrounded by insecurity, self-doubt, self-aggression and fear. To overcome loneliness, Raj took the support of sports and soon he started getting fame in his chosen field. Raj was happy with his success. During this time, he got acquainted with some new people but he could not overcome himself from the insecurities and sense of self-doubt that had taken place in Raj’s heart and mind during his childhood. After winning the title of National Junior Athletes Championship, once again some people of frivolous mindset uglying the definition of beauty, started scraping the wounds of Raj.
After struggling with depression alone for nearly six months because of the toxic behaviour of people around him, Raj took a firm decision to establish himself as a winner, not as a loser in life before his younger siblings and society.
Finally, one day the eyes filled with the ocean of tears also got stoned, when the heart and mind played the bugle of a new beginning. Raj decided to change his life. He began to mould his body structure not according to the definition of beauty created by the society, but according to his own definition.
Raj says, “It will be unjust to say that whatever happened to me ranging from my mental exploitation, insult, condemnation to bullying was all right. Because this was not my destiny. These things did not turn my life towards positivity in any condition, but in the critical period of my life, it forced me to feel inferiority, hate myself and filled me with self doubt and insecurities.
I will never forgive those people because I was bullied for my physical structure to such an extent that maybe I could even commit suicide and those people would not deserve forgiveness in any way that would force someone to that level that bound them to take such decisions.
Tables have turned in the life of Raj Nair. He shot his first fashion shoot with Kashish Production in 2018 and then competed in the Mr. India Beardo competition. After this, Raj never look back.
Raj Nair, who is the face of many well-known brands in the fashion world, is today known for his unmatched attitude, honesty and a well structured body.
He prefer to work with new brands rather than well renowned brands.
Raj who is continuously spreading awareness about mental health through his graphic designing skills, says that a capable person does not need an opportunity, rather he creates better opportunities for himself and that’s how his ability get recognized.
There is no doubt in the fact that the lives of many of us are full of troubles, intrigues and darkness. Sometimes the situation gets so bad that your courage starts to loose, you start weakening, but at that time we need to gather all our powers and roar like a lion and that roar will completely turn the game of your life in your favour.
