User blog comment:Cheesesteak47/Applications for my Second Season, Survivor: Mauritius!/@comment-32574574-20170921020157

Name (Age): ​Ranjit "Raj" Banerjee (80)

​Current Residence: ​San Francisco, CA​

Occupation: ​Poet​

​Personal Claim to Fame: ​Living my life the way I choose to, not decided by other's judgement. I've been doing what I love, which is literature and music for over 60 years, and I don't have any plans of stopping. ​

​Inspiration in Life: ​My inspiration in life is my father, who helped me with leaving the country of India to England right after World War II ended. I'm so thankful for him because he not only saved my life from certain death in the hands of extremists, but he taught me the values of peacefulness and fighting with peace instead of war. I moved to the United States in the 70's after Nixon resigned.

​Hobbies: ​I love fruit, it's my favorite food pyramid group, but I also enjoy writing poetry, writing songs, and making new friends.

​Pet Peeves: ​When people are judgmental. Why do we feel the need to exclude someone because of them having a different opinion? It makes no sense to me, and I one day, hope to live in a world where we can just accept everyone for their differences, and accept our own in the process.

​Three words to Describe You: ​Peaceful, Positive, and Fatherly

​​SURVIVOR contestant you are most like: ​Personally, I would say I'm a lot like Tai Trang, because we both love the outdoors and are environmentally friendly, but I don't want to play as duplicitous as he has, so I'll probably be a loyal, and friendly type of guy who people like to talk to, similar to Yau-Man Chan.

​Reason for Being on SURVIVOR​: ​To see how it is at my age. At 80 years old, this will probably be the last REAL experience I ever have before my death, and I don't want to waste it.

​Why you think you'll "survive" SURVIVOR: ​I lived through World War II, India's struggle with Independence, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and Neil Armstrong's moon landing. I've seen a lot of stuff since November 22, 1936 (my birthdate), so I believe that this will be another notch in the belt of life stories.

​Why you think you'll be the SOLE SURVIVOR: ​Call me a buffoon or a looney llama, but I don't believe I'll win, I'll admit that. I mean, I'm 80 for Pete's sake, and I'm surprised I've lasted this long in life. I want to see how I can handle it out here, and I want to also make some new friends. I believe if I stick around in this competition, the contestants will enjoy my company and will find me to be a nice and easy-going friendly human being.

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