Day in the Life of Matkaman

He grew up in Bangalore. As a young adult, he left home for London to visit my sister on a tourist visa, and ended up staying there for 40 years. In the UK he became a business man, running shops in London and started a family. Then, 10 years ago he was diagnosed with intestinal cancer.
He is cancer free living in Delhi now and trying to do what he can to help those in need with the means available to me. When he first returned he was working on creating more sturdy and efficient cycle rickshaws. Since then he have offered his skills to an orphanage, to a last-stage cancer hospital, served langar (food) to the homeless in Chandni Chowk and carried out the cremation of destitutes to give them a dignified end. In 2014 in the smothering heat of the Delhi summer, He turned his attention to water. After seeing so many people going thirsty, He began thinking how can he help them? This work has now expanded to encompass a much larger range of activities for the poor.
Through this work, I have come to believe that we are all crucially linked together but that society today has abandoned this interconnectedness. For this reason, I work now with my immediate community in Panchsheel Park and around south Delhi. I wish to help those in need around me and also to inspire people to help those around them. Perhaps then, I can start a quiet revolution of human kindness.