A “season of giving”? As opposed to what, the “season of taking” the rest of the year?

My sentiment exactly.
Narayanan is indeed a true egalitarian in the mind, for his ability to continually embrace what is instinctively and innately repelling.
Thank you for posting this Namit. The rest of the CNN 2010 heroes can be found here.
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive10/index.html