Father figure: Ramesh posing with some of the children at the Vivekananda Home in Rembau.
REMBAU: He has had about 150 children addressing him as “appa” (father) over the past 12 years.
“There is a special feeling I get when these children call me appa. It’s indescribable,” said Ramesh Patel, as a group of children greeted and hugged him when they returned from school.
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