About Us

My name is Aniruddha Joshi, and my journey with Indian fitness traditions began not in a gym, but in my grandmother's courtyard in Pune.

Every morning, I practised Surya Namaskar on my house's veranda, carrying that early love of exercise into every sport I tried, and those sunrise rituals planted the seeds of lifelong fitness in me.

What lit the fire, though, were my grandfather's stories of Akhara-style workouts. He'd tell me of mornings spent with his buddies, pushing through a thousand Dand in a row for fun and camaraderie. Hearing how those sessions forged not just muscle, but character and lifelong bonds, I set out to learn every tradition he mentioned.

Over time, I added formal training—becoming a certified nutritionist and blending in some gym routines and other sports. Yet it was the muscle memory from those early, endless rounds of Dand and Baithak that stuck with me, delivering real-world strength even after breaks in training. That enduring power inspired me to create Talim Deck: a deck of beautifully crafted cards that make India's potent body-weight methods instantly accessible, anywhere, to anyone.

When you open the deck for the first time, I hope you feel that same spark of possibility I felt on my veranda. I dream that The Talim Deck reaches a broad community of enthusiasts, each discovering their reservoir of strength and the lasting benefits of these time-tested practices. Welcome to the journey—I can't wait to see where these cards take you.