Shanti Suresh

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Shanti Suresh
First mentioned	Seven Minutes to Midnight
In-story stats
Gender
Age	5, deceased
Home	Madras, India
Parents	Chandra Suresh, Mohinder's mother

Shanti Suresh is the deceased older sister of Mohinder Suresh.

Character History

Seven Minutes to Midnight

In Madras, India after scattering his father's ashes, Mohinder has an unusual dream in which his mother and father discuss his father's plan to move to New York City to pursue his research. Chandra thinks he should stay in India for Mohinder's sake, but his wife persuades him to go, telling him Mohinder will never take "her" place in his eyes.

When Mohinder confronts his mother about the dream, she admits the conversation did take place. He presses her about what she meant about him not taking "her" place in his father's eyes, and she admits that she was referring to Mohinder's older sister, Shanti, who died when she was five years old and Mohinder was two.

His mother tells him that they concealed his sister from him because his father loved her so much, claiming she was "special", that they were afraid Mohinder would compare himself unfavorably to her.

Homecoming

In one of Mohinder's dreams aided by Sanjog, he observes an argument between his father and Nirand. They are arguing about the same subject that Mohinder and Nirand talked about recently, and in the same setting: the search for Sanjog. Nirand tells Chandra he's sounding crazy. Chandra claims that many great thinkers such as Darwin, Einstein, and Ghandi were thought by some to be crazy during their time. Nirand claims that Shanti's death is what's causing Chandra to search for these answers, but that he needs to let go. Nirand warns him that if he continues on this path that the University is likely to strip him of his tenure.

Mohinder's surroundings change again and he's now watching a conversation he had with his father prior to his leaving for New York City. Mohinder tells Chandra he just finished reading a manuscript for Activating Evolution that he found on Chandra's desk. Chandra chastises him for taking it off his desk. Mohinder tells Chandra that he wants to help him and Chandra replies that he doesn't want Mohinder to be involved in this. Chandra quotes Darwin and claims that a scientist should have a heart of stone and that Mohinder does not. He tells Mohinder to go home. Sanjog appears before Mohinder and tells him that he has his answer. Mohinder wakes up in the office. He looks at the computer program still running with the prompt asking if he would like to quit. He presses a key and selects No. A password prompt pops up and he tries to guess the password. After a few attempts he inputs "Shanti" and it lets him in. He's presented with a list of the evolved humans that Chandra discovered along with their locations.

Six Months Ago

In his apartment, Chandra and Mr. Bennet talk about their respective daughters. Chandra confirms that Shanti's genetic mutation was the portal to his study of human evolution. He hopes that "no one would suffer as she did."

Notes

• Shanti is believed to be a major influence in Chandra's research and his love for her is the driving force behind his discoveries.
• Shanti is also the password which unlocks the database of evolved humans.
• Mohinder's mother calls Shanti "special", implying that she could have possibly become an evolved human. Any description of her abilities have not yet been revealed.