An inspiration to all

As I wandered around King's Circle, Mumbai enjoying an ice cream one evening, I had the good fortune of coming across Mr. P S Subramanian, a senior citizen who has been regulating traffic at this crossing for 2 hours every evening for a little under 2 years now. 

After observing him animatedly and tirelessly directing vehicular and pedestrian traffic for a while, I went up to him to convey my respect and understand from him his motivation for this passionate drive. His answer left me amazed and full of admiration - there is no poignant tale of loss, no personal grievance that has moved him to take up this onerous task. He is just selflessly doing his bit as a citizen to instil civic sense - in this case, a much needed and severally lacking quality; ie. following traffic discipline. 

His words of wisdom and some anecdotes that he shared with me are also captured in these articles published elsewhere:

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-no-traffic-cop-only-uncle-at-kings-circle-in-matunga-1952290

http://dhinchakmumbai.com/king-uncle-the-traffic-saviour/

Hats off to Mr. Subramanian on his magnificent contribution to society!