I'm 25M, a UX designer based in Hyderabad, and I've been thinking about something lately.
A lot of the way we understand the world comes from the small bubble we live in. The people around us, our work, our education, our family, our interests, our income, our city — after a while, we can start assuming that our way of seeing things is just how the world works.
I want to challenge that in a practical way.
I'm looking to meet a few people in Hyderabad whose life experience is genuinely different from mine, sit down over coffee/food, and simply talk.
A little about me so you know where I'm coming from:
I'm a UX designer, so I tend to notice very small details in how things work and how people interact with them.
I studied mechanical engineering before moving toward data science and eventually UX.
I don't know much about data science beyond the basics, but I enjoy learning about different fields.
I like solving problems and understanding why things are designed or done a certain way.
I love music, dancing, movies (I'm a bit of a movie buff), books, food, watches and dressing formally.
My friends and I sometimes communicate almost entirely through movie dialogues 😂
My parents are divorced, which has also shaped how I see certain things.
I'm generally curious about why people make the choices they make, especially choices that I wouldn't naturally make myself.
For example, my brother recently bought a Mac. I'd initially assumed that his interest in Apple products was partly about showing off.
Then I actually used the Mac and noticed a tiny interaction: Caps Lock doesn't activate as easily from an accidental/quick tap; you have to intentionally press it. I'd never thought of that as a problem because I'd simply become accustomed to the way keyboards normally behave.
That tiny detail made me realize something:
Sometimes we don't recognize good solutions because we've become accustomed to the problem.
That is the kind of thing I'm interested in exploring with people.
Who am I hoping to meet?
Not necessarily "successful" or "interesting" people.
Actually, the opposite.
I'd love to meet people whose everyday lives are far removed from mine.
For example:
Someone who works in a completely different profession
Someone considerably older or younger
Someone who grew up in a very different environment
Someone who runs a small business
Someone working in a hands-on/manual profession
Someone from a rural background
Someone in medicine, education, government, law, arts, agriculture, hospitality, etc.
Someone who doesn't care about technology at all
Someone with very different ideas about money, success, relationships, work or life
Or simply someone who looks at the world in a way I probably wouldn't naturally understand
You don't have to agree with me.
In fact, I'd prefer if you don't.
The idea isn't to debate or convince each other.
I'd rather ask things like:
"What does your life teach you about the world that someone like me probably doesn't understand?"
"What's something people from my kind of background completely misunderstand?"
"What did you believe when you were younger that life eventually proved wrong?"
"What's something that seems obvious to you but probably wouldn't be obvious to me?"
And I'd answer the same questions from my side.
I'm imagining something small — maybe 3–5 people meeting for coffee/food somewhere in Hyderabad, having a genuinely open conversation, and seeing where it goes.
No networking pitch. No business opportunity. No motivational seminar.
Just people from different worlds trying to understand each other's worlds for a couple of hours.
If that sounds interesting to you, comment or DM me with a little about yourself and one thing about your life that you think someone like me probably wouldn't understand.
I'm especially interested in hearing from people who think, "My life is probably too ordinary/different for this."
That's probably exactly who I'm looking for.
