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Name: Ramesh
Age:
Home town: Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Family back ground : Father – Subbaiyya , is a way side umbrella mender while his mother, Chandra works in a hosiery company. His brothers Kannan and Arun, who are both younger to him are also inmates of Sisubhavan.
How he reached here: Father is a habitual alcoholic and abuses the children regularly so their mother left them here. He is studying in class VI.
As I stood baffled amidst a crowd of jovial kids, wondering how ans where to start a conversation, Ramesh grabbed my hand and took me to the leafy corner of the ground where some of his other friends were waiting. The naive and nondescript features of Ramesh and his calm demeanor grabbed my attention in the first glance itself .We sat in a circle, I distributed some toffees and balloons to win the hearts of these tiny tots. As the other kids got busy with blowing balloons and playing rugby with them, I set the ball rolling of an interesting conversation.
'I want to be a police officer and earn a respectable position in the society' he said with starry eyes. ' I want to take good care of my parents as they are struggling to make both ends meet with a meager income' he paused to watch my reaction. I prompted him to go on. With a wry smile, he continued' I like my younger brothers very much and want them also to come up in life.
I am happy here as I get to read a lot, play with friends and learn Spoken English. Probably what I like the most is playing games on the laptop of the volunteers who handle spoken English classes in the weekend'. He beamed naughtily. Soon the bell rang, signaling the evening tea time, which made him scurry to the dining room for his share of steaming cup of tea and snacks.
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