{"id":131,"date":"2014-05-25T17:02:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T17:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/?p=131"},"modified":"2014-05-25T17:04:26","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T17:04:26","slug":"capt-krishnan-nair-model-to-younger-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thiruvananthapuramfirst.in\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"‘Capt Krishnan Nair Model to Younger Generation’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thiruvananthapuram :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Capt Krishnan Nair, the founder chairman of the Leela Group of Hotels who passed away last Saturday, was remembered here on Friday as an enterprising businessman, a successful Malayali and a multi-faceted individual whose interests ranged from subjects as surprisingly diverse as gardening to international diplomacy.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019I see him as a amazing man who created a success story with his own labour. He is a model to the younger generation,\u2019\u2019 Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who inaugurated a commemoration organised by Global Kerala Initiative-Keraleeyam, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a vision on Kerala\u2019s development. And he was angry when it did not materliase. Age-wise he was older than many of us. But he interacted with everyone as a friend,\u2019\u2019 Chandy recalled.<\/p>\n

Former Ambassador T P Sreenivasan\u2019s first meet with the industrialist was in Fiji during his tenure there. He remembered Krishnan Nair\u2019s avid interest in international matters. \u2018\u2019He was there for a week. He apparently had heard about the Regent Resort there and wanted his upcoming hotel in Goa to look like it. I don\u2019t know how he had heard about the Regent,\u2019\u2019 Sreenivasan, who is vice-chairman of the State Higher Education Council and chairs the advisory committee of Keraleeyam, said.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019And his knowledge about that small nation was so extraordinary that a Fijian official asked whether he was \u2018from your CIA?\u2019\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019In his book he has written how international diplomacy should be conducted. He had a global vision,\u2019\u2019 Sreenivasan said.\u00a0 Chief Secretary E K Bharat Bhushan recalled Krishnan Nair\u2019s tussle with the State Government over the Halcyon Castle, the industrialist\u2019s interest in gardening and his early days promoting \u2018Bleeding Madras,\u2019 the handloom brand. \u2018\u2019He was also a keen admirer of V P Menon,\u2019\u2019 Bharat Bhushan said.<\/p>\n

Journalist K P Mohanan related how Krishnan Nair, as a young school boy, surprised the then Chirackal ruler with a short verse who then promised to support his education.<\/p>\n

E M Najeeb, chairman, Indian Association of Tour Operators, Kerala chapter, also spoke.<\/p>\n

source: http:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com \/ The New Indian Express \/ Home> States> Kerala \/ by Express News Service \/ May 24th, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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