He was also our main English-speaking link - translating emails, texts etc from UK for Uttam and regularly speaking to us on the phone.
He had often walked through the jungles himself alone encountering the Adivasis. He had an affinity with these "forest people" and a real compassion for their suffering.
Losing Vijay Kakaji is an indescribable loss for India and UK. We are all grieving... And yet, so grateful to have had the grace to have encountered a personality such as this.
How many souls give their complete lives to others? Not many. Vijay Kakaji, we cannot thank you enough. We cannot thank you enough.”
by Moira Lynch, Tulsi Trust UK