Ramesh Subramaniam

This post is seriously outdated. I should have written it two weeks ago but I haven't been able to connect my laptop to the internet until yesterday.

Anyways Ramesh (far left) was the first person I met in India. He greeted me when I arrived at the Mumbai airport.

I will remember Ramesh for his dedication to the improvement of his country through his many years of social work. He is now a full time social worker for Sewa International. While I was in Mumbai I had the opportunity to observe his hectic lifestyle. Each day was unpredictable. Ramesh was always bumbling around working some sort of project so I don't feel so bad for spending so much time waiting at the guest house. I'm not sure if he ever gets a full night sleep and he hasn't taken a vacation for years. One unique feature of Ramesh is his hazel eyes which one has to carefully observe through his glasses and half open eyes. This man is a walking encyclopedia. I enjoyed his discussions ranging from the plight of the Native Americans to the history of India, or Bharat as he would insist on calling it.

To my right is Chinmay, a Kuwaiti Indian and Amit, a South African Indian, and Chinmay's mom who prepared a delicious healthy meal for us.

I wont forget how Amit insisted that I try the mango ice cream because it was more delicious than any other he had ever had. Hahah. It was very good!