While the Capital is worrying about the upcoming state elections, rains and the endless traffic jams caused by them, we bring you Ganesh, a man in his thirties, who is seen sitting outside the Barakhamba Metro Station solving sudokus and puzzles released in newspapers. A tall think dark man, shabbily dressed, hair all over his face, Ganesh has been in Delhi for the last 10 years now. “I used to work in Punjab and I was travelling from Patna (my home) to Punjab when I stopped in capital and I was robbed of R35,000”, he says.
“He was robbed of huge amount of money and he has stayed in the Capital ever since. He comes here every morning and keeps on solving these puzzles, sudokus and other mathematical puzzles. He is also extremely fluent in English and when you talk to him he always makes sense”, says Rahul, the owner of a cola kiosk, also Ganesh’s good friend. “He eats whatever we give him, never really asks for food. He just sits in a corner and keeps solving these puzzles”, Rahul adds.
On a rather close inspection, it is clear that Ganesh makes mistakes in his puzzles, but at the same time, there is something about the puzzles that makes him solve them every day. And that’s not it — for a different puzzle, there’s always a different pen he uses!