The Chosen Crew
The new circle, formed after Shaurya started at Jebel Ali School. These are not the same people as the OG Circle -- these are friendships that were chosen deliberately, built from scratch, and shaped by the particular energy of people who understand what it means to start over. Where the OG Circle was built on years of proximity, this crew was built on intention.
The People
Param Diwan is one of the anchors. Since March 2024, he has been the person who made the new chapter feel like home -- someone Shaurya talks to constantly, about everything and nothing. Always down for plans, always the first to confirm for a birthday party, always online for a gaming session that somehow stretches past midnight on a school night. Param is the social coordinator who knows every event happening in the circle, the person who turns "we should hang out" into an actual plan.
Aliyah Chopra and Sheen bridge both worlds -- they go back to the ISGI era but remain deeply embedded in the current social scene. Nidhi, with her "inmiss u" texts and iPhone flex energy, connects both circles in her own chaotic way. Omar, Garvit, Nysa, and Nia Bailwad round out the core group -- each bringing different energy but all showing up consistently. Consistency is the currency here.
Prisha Agarwal keeps the academic side alive with Tuesday study calls and late-night exam panic texts. Saisha is the comedy and entertainment partner, the person you watch things with and react in real time. Together, this group covers every dimension of teenage life: school, parties, gaming, group chats, exam stress, and everything in between.
School Friends, Real Friends
There is a meaningful distinction between people you sit with in class and actual friends. This circle falls firmly in the second category. These are the people who have been through exams, drama, birthday parties, late-night calls, and the full spectrum of teenage social life together. The group chats never sleep -- Dramaclub alone is a nonstop stream of reel support and banter. DXB Dunches is the hangout coordination hub. The TOMM decoration team brought people together through Hinglish banter and collaborative chaos.
School events at Jebel Ali -- French Week, TOMM, Insta8tion -- created shared experiences that turned classmates into a crew. When you are decorating a venue together at 7am or panicking about the same physics exam the night before, bonds form fast. And once they form, the group chats keep them alive around the clock.
The Energy
These friendships operate on a different frequency than the OG ones. The OG friendships grew slowly out of proximity and routine. Here, everyone comes from somewhere different. There is no "we have known each other since kindergarten" -- instead, it is "we chose each other." That makes the bonds feel more deliberate. You bond fast and you bond hard because there is an unspoken understanding that in a transient world, showing up consistently is how you prove you care.
Many of the people in this circle have moved countries themselves, or have watched close friends leave. That shared understanding of impermanence makes people invest more in the friendships they have right now. When you know people can leave at any time, you learn to make every hangout count, every late-night call matter, every "are you coming tomorrow" text feel like a genuine act of friendship.
Two Circles, One Person
The OG Circle is the foundation -- the people who knew Shaurya before any of the building or the startups. This crew is the present -- the people who see him every day at school, who game with him at night, who are part of the day-to-day rhythm of his life. Both circles are real. Both matter. They just represent different chapters, and Shaurya moves between them fluidly, maintaining hundreds of Instagram conversations across both worlds. The ability to hold both without making either feel secondary is one of the things that defines how he does friendship.
See also: Param Diwan | Aliyah Chopra | Sheen | Nidhi | Omar | Prisha Agarwal | Garvit | Nysa | Nia Bailwad | The OG Circle