India, Dec. 8 -- An Indian-origin entrepreneur and researcher, Mayukh Panja, who has been living in Germany for the past nine years, has refused to give up his passport.

Panja, who first went to Germany as a doctoral researcher, later founded AI firm Populations.

Panja recently wrote on X, explaining his decision to remain an Indian citizen, despite having the chance to change his citizenship.

He said: "I can't relate to German stories, the history, the language and the culture. I can understand them, sure, but that is not the same as actually relating. I can blend in pretty easily in international culturally ambiguous settings in Berlin and scientific and tech circles but beyond that I can't really integrate. I don't feel anything whe...