Pallavi MalikCOOKING FOR THE RETARDED
“The mentally challenged won’t ask for food or money. They normally sit in the same place the whole day, and they are seen in the same place every day,” says N. Krishnan, who has been feeding these hapless one thrice a day for the past seven years.
It costs him Rs 8000 a day, and the Akshaya Trust of Madurai supports him for 22 days a month; the rest comes from his pocket.
A former chef in a five-star-hotel in Bengaluru, he cooks the food himself and serves the mentally retarded. He also disposes of unclaimed corpses of the destitute.
People wonder why he left his five-star job to feed the mentally handicapped. With a smile, he replies, “I just like it”. A winner of the Real Hero Award and a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh instituted by CNN-IBN in collaboration with Reliance Industries, he remains a bachelor at 28.
It costs him Rs 8000 a day, and the Akshaya Trust of Madurai supports him for 22 days a month; the rest comes from his pocket.A former chef in a five-star-hotel in Bengaluru, he cooks the food himself and serves the mentally retarded. He also disposes of unclaimed corpses of the destitute.
People wonder why he left his five-star job to feed the mentally handicapped. With a smile, he replies, “I just like it”. A winner of the Real Hero Award and a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh instituted by CNN-IBN in collaboration with Reliance Industries, he remains a bachelor at 28.
its a thought provoking and evocative piece
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