A
large number of people suffer due to poverty and illness and their number is
increasing day by day. However, the number of people who is ready to help the poor and needy is
quite negligible. Philanthropists like Sri Kochouseph Chittilappally and our
superstar Mohanlal are two such exceptions who help many people who are in dire
need of succor. Mohanlal has been doing this in a secret manner without giving any publicity, we come to know
about Kochouseph Chittilappaly’s help to the poor through the media. In one of
the TV shows I heard the Malayalam film actress of yesteryear Usha Rani, wife
of late Sankaran Nair, the famous Malayalam film director,
disclosing that after the death of her husband they had rendered penniless
and it was Mohanlal who came to their rescue and helped her son to pursue
higher studies by taking MBA. She had also disclosed that Mohanlal had told
both her and her son not to tell anybody about his help. There is another
category of people who provide a little help here and there for the sake of
publicity. Some rich people donate money magnanimously to temples or churches merely
for publicity. But when it comes to helping the poor and needy, they turn a
blind eye towards it.
To
my knowledge, there is another person like Mohanlal hailing from my wife’s
place viz., TV Puram in Vaikom taluk of Kerala who had helped and is continuing
to help many needy and poor people financially in a secret manner disliking
publicity. His name is Prabhakaran Nair. I take the liberty of disclosing his
name even though it will be against his
wish. He belongs to an affluent and ancient family of TV Puram called
Thekkedath House. He has got business interests in Gulf
as well as Kerala. Incidentally, he happens to be one of the Directors
of Lake Shore Hospital, Ernakulam, Kerala.The amount paid by him to each of the
poor and needy people is not meager but a considerable one. None of the persons
who sought his help had to return empty-handed. When he was staying at his
home, scores of people who have come even from far-flung areas flocking to meet
him for financial help was a common sight.
He has been helping many poor students to pursue their studies. .He is
also helping many a poor student to pursue their studies and come up in life. However,
there were some instances of undeserved people taking advantage of his kindness
to the poor and receiving money from him by misleading. He has now shifted his
residence to Ernakulam. However,
whenever he happens to be at T.V.Puram on the occasion of any functions like marriage etc., people
still approach him for financial help and he continues to oblige.
Enthralled
at his generous attitude towards the poor and needy, once I acknowledged my appreciation to him to which he has reacted
with a smile and told me that it is not
a big thing to do. Some people try to belittle
his magnanimity saying that he has already amassed lot of wealth and that is
why he is helping the poor and needy. But the fact remains that even though
there are plenty of rich people only a minuscule minority of them has got the mind
to help the poor and needy.
And
it is that quality which makes people like Prabhakaran Nair hailing from T.V.Puram, Kochouseph Chittilappally and Superstar Mohanlal quite different from
other rich people.
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