Author: Arman ShahPage 1 of 29
A former travel writer with fond memories of solo adventures in Southeast Asia, Arman is now founder and editor of The Everyday People.
If you ever see him approaching with a camera and voice recorder in hand, please choose kindness and don’t decline his request for an interview.
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“Looking back on my life, there were moments that felt very dark. I was never so depressed that I wanted to take my own life, but I did feel it would be easier if God took me away. I didn’t want to burden the people in my life because of my condition. But every time I think that way, God reminds me why I’m important in some people’s lives and why I still need to be here.”

“Choke Clinch Crank Combat is not just about martial arts; it’s about people. People have all these misconceptions about combat sports. They think it’s a blood sport; that it’s just about two people brutalising each other. There’s some truth to that. But at the heart of it, it’s really about people, right?”