I was just name-dropping about knowing someone who’s doing something really interesting :-).
Whole heartedly agree. Add to that, worthwhile and honorable.
Also, as an aside, I've been to India a few times on humanitarian trips, and at the time I first wrote, it would have been around midnight, or 12:30 in the morning. They are about 12.5 to 13.5 hours difference from Los Angeles/PDT.