India, June 18 -- While many people on social media rant about leaving Bengaluru due to traffic, infrastructure issues, or rising costs, one startup founder took to X to share a more introspective take - not on why he left the city, but on everything he lost by doing so. Eight years after leaving Bengaluru, Shubham Bansal opened up about the opportunities, experiences, and energy he's missed out on - and how he's managed to stay in sync with the city's unmatched startup pace by staying connected from afar.

"We didn't just leave the city," Bansal wrote. "We left our college friends. We gave up the front seat to India's startup boom. We missed conversations about exciting futures and said no to life-changing career opportunities. We even g...