Meet Sunil Kumar P S, the man who impressed Anand Mahindra

Anand Mahindra gifts a new Supro mini-van to Kerala auto rickshaw driver

It’s 5.30 pm and Sunil Kumar PS is standing by a gas stove, making tea for the guests visiting New Bharat Hotel, the restaurant where he works.

Tucked away in Pullad, a small town near Tiruvalla in Kerala, New Bharat Hotel is your regular local eatery, where lunch thalis often come with a serving of fish curry. This is also the place where Kumar has been working for the past six months. 

It isn’t Kumar’s skill with hot beverages that has made him the focus of recent social-media attention; as someone in charge of handling supplies for the eatery, making tea isn’t