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1) Anirudh

2) April 27 1989

5) Life summary. Please tell us a brief summary of your life. How did you
get to where you are today?

Born and brought up in Vancouver Canada, lived in India for a year, attended Bhaktivedanta College in Radhadesh Belgium. Currently attending college for business.

6) Your hopes and dreams for your future: Successful education, hopefully not too much suffering :)

7) Your interests, talents, skills and abilities: I can sing, play mridanga, harmonium. Not too bad at public speaking.

8) How did you find out about this bus tour? Through friends

9) Why would you like to come on this bus tour? What are your expectations for this tour? To get away from the hectic and redundant academic world and apply something spiritual in my year. Also to see my friends again.

10) You’ve read the description about the tour. You’ve noticed that, among fun in beautiful surroundings -- beaches, mountains, volcanoes, pyramids, jungles -- the tour focuses on things like following the four regulative principles* for the duration of the tour, and we’ll have lots of kirtans, bhajans, a japa retreat in Guatemala, and spiritual discussions. How do you feel about this spiritual focus of our tour? Honestly. Please speak from your heart.

I feel good about the spiritual focus. It's great to have some spiritual enlivenment in our usual lifestyles, specially with our peers.

11) What role does Krishna play in your life?
Krishna makes life make sense to me.

12) How do you see yourself contributing to help spread the jewel of Krishna consciousness to others in your lifetime? What would you like to do to spread Lord Krishna’s glories?
Not quite clear as of yet, but I would definitely like to help and facilitate the spreading of the glories.

13) How do you feel about the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)?
I feel that ISKCON is a movement with very hard working and committed leaders who don't receive enough credit.

14) How does your local ISKCON temple and devotee community contribute to the quality of your life? (If it disappeared tomorrow, how would your life be different?)
If my local temple disappeared, I'd probably have to move somewhere where there is a temple.

16) What would you like to do (more of) for your local ISKCON temple and devotee community?
I would like to help inspire my peers get more involved.

17) What are three things you like about yourself?
I'm able to survive in a lot of confusion and I somewhat know the difference between right and wrong

18) What are three things you would like to improve about yourself?
I would like to improve my desire to cultivate Krishna Consciousness.