Anand Mahindra said Commonwealth Games 2026 medallists Asmita Dey and Gulveer Singh's stories touched him "deeply". "[Asmita], a judoka whose father fixed cycles for ₹300/day in a mud house...[Gulveer], a farmer's son from an Aligarh village...No shortcuts, no head starts. Just hunger and the refusal to stay where they started. This is what 'Rise' actually looks like," he stated.