hats of to the guy... i m going to vote for him right now.. Thanks anoop for the info.
On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Anoop Jacob Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > He brings hot meals to India's homeless > > so please vote for him > > New Delhi: If you had not heard of Narayanan Krishnan, as I had not, > it is a collective failure. This is one of the most incredible stories > of personal commitment. > > Narayanan Krishnan, all of 29 years old now, does what he was > professionally trained to do as a chef. Feed people. Only Krishnan > does not do this in the swanky confines of a 5-star hotel. Every day, > he wakes up at 4 am, cooks a simple hot meal and then, along with his > team, loads it in a van and travels about 200 km feeding the homeless > in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. > > Krishnan feeds, often with his hands, almost 400 destitute people > every day. And for those who need it, he provides a free haircut too. > > According to CNN, eight years ago, this award-winning chef with a > five-star hotel chain was all set to go to Switzerland for a > high-profile posting. On a visit to a Madurai temple, he came across a > homeless, old man eating his own human waste. That stark sight changed > Krishnan's life. > > Much to the dismay of his parents, CNN says, Krishnan abandoned his > career plans and decided to spend his life and his professional > training in looking after those who could not care for themselves. He > has provided more than 1.2 million hot meals through his nonprofit > organisation Akshaya Trust, and now hopes to extend this to shelter > for the homeless too. > > Krishnan is the only Indian in a list of 10 heroes that CNN has picked > worldwide to honour. One of them will be chosen CNN Hero of the Year, > selected by the public through an online poll. If many Indians get > together to vote for this inspiring man, he can win by a long mile. > > If Krishnan wins he will get $100,000 in addition to the $25,000 that > he gets for being shortlisted for the Top 10. Akshaya Trust needs all > the monetary support it can get to build on Krishnan's dream. Let's > help him get there. > > Vote for Krishnan here. (http://heroes.cnn.com/vote.aspx) > > The poll continues through November 18 at 6 a.m. ET. > > -- > Anoop Jacob Thomas > > http://anoop.caremedia.org > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- There is a method to my madness.. :) m...@twitter: www.twitter.com/neoscreenager my blog: neoscreenager.wordpress.com mastrahonayaar.blogspot.com m...@linkedin: http://in.linkedin.com/pub/abhishek-mathur/21/914/538 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GAT dpu s+:- a- c++++ P+ L+++ E+ W+++ w--- t+ 5+ X++ tv b++ G++ e+++ | h-->h+ r y? >H++++ | ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
