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Narayanan Krishnan
Narayanan Krishnan
Born	1981 (age 42–43); Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Nationality	Indian
Citizenship	Indian
Occupation	Social Worker / Chef (past)
Known for	Feeding Homeless
Website	http://www.akshayatrust.org/

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Narayanan Krishnan (born 1981) is an Indian chef-turned-social worker.^[1]

Early life

Krishnan was an award-winning chef with Taj Hotels, Bangalore and was short-listed for an elite job in Switzerland. After witnessing a distressing incident in 2002, he quit his job and began feeding the homeless and mentally disabled in his hometown.^[2]

Career

Krishnan founded the Akshaya Trust organization in 2003, which helps to feed the homeless and mentally-disabled in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to 425 indigent and elderly people in Madurai.^[3]^[4]

He also provides haircuts and shaves to give dignity to those he serves. He was selected as one of the Top 10 in "CNN heroes 2010" list.^[5]^[6]^[7]

The character Narayanan Krishnan played by Jayaprakash in the 2012 Malayalam film Ustad Hotel is based on him.^[8]

Controversy

In June 2014 a 23-year-old inmate who left the Akshaya Trust home alleged that she was sexually abused. The news was featured in the media.^[9] Although the Akshaya Trust home was exonerated by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court,^[10] It was asked to submit regular monthly reports, due to the rather high number of human rights abuses that have been reported from the home.^[11]

References

^ "Catch: He brings hot meals to India's homeless" from NDTV
^ IBN-Live
^ "Roy Exum: He’s Still My Hero" Archived 2010-10-06 at the Wayback Machine from The Chattanoogan
^ "TheHindu June-2006". Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ CNN-heroes-2010
^ Times of India - Dec 2010
^ AtlantaDunia - Salute to real hero
^ "Narayanan Krishnan – The real inspiration behind the latest malayalam movie 'Usthad Hotel'". Retrieved 21 November 2012.
^ "Inmate's rape allegation casts shadow over Akshaya Trust"
^ "Court verdict exonerates Akshaya Trust"
^ "High Court orders monitoring of Akshaya Trust". The Hindu. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

External links

[1] "Catch: He brings hot meals to India's homeless" from NDTV

[2] IBN-Live

[3] "Roy Exum: He’s Still My Hero" Archived 2010-10-06 at the Wayback Machine from The Chattanoogan

[4] "TheHindu June-2006". Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[5] CNN-heroes-2010

[6] Times of India - Dec 2010

[7] AtlantaDunia - Salute to real hero

[8] "Narayanan Krishnan – The real inspiration behind the latest malayalam movie 'Usthad Hotel'". Retrieved 21 November 2012.

[9] "Inmate's rape allegation casts shadow over Akshaya Trust"

[10] "Court verdict exonerates Akshaya Trust"

[11] "High Court orders monitoring of Akshaya Trust". The Hindu. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

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-'''Narayanan Krishnan''' (born 1981 in [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]) is an Indian chef-turned-social worker.<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/catch%20of%20the%20day/catch-he-brings-hot-meals-to-india-s-homeless-61029 "Catch: He brings hot meals to India's homeless"] from [[NDTV]]</ref>
+'''Narayanan Krishnan''' (born 1981) is an Indian chef-turned-social worker.<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/catch%20of%20the%20day/catch-he-brings-hot-meals-to-india-s-homeless-61029 "Catch: He brings hot meals to India's homeless"] from [[NDTV]]</ref>
 ==Early life==
-Krishnan was an award-winning chef with [[Taj Hotels]], [[Bangalore]] and was short-listed for an elite job in [[Switzerland]]. After witnessing a distressing incident in 2002, he quit his job and began feeding the homeless and mentally disabled in his hometown. He said, "I saw a very old man, literally eating his own human waste out of hunger. I went to the nearby hotel and asked them what was available. They had [[idli]], which I bought and gave to the old man. Believe me, I had never seen a person eating so fast, ever. As he ate the food, his eyes were filled with tears. Those were the tears of happiness."<ref name="CNN">[http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/04/01/cnnheroes.krishnan.hunger/ "Once a rising star, chef now feeds hungry"] from [[CNN]]</ref><ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/he-gave-up-a-5star-job-to-feed-madurais-homeless/46285-3.html  IBN-Live]</ref>
+Krishnan was an award-winning chef with [[Taj Hotels]], [[Bangalore]] and was short-listed for an elite job in [[Switzerland]]. After witnessing a distressing incident in 2002, he quit his job and began feeding the homeless and mentally disabled in his hometown.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100331012834/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/he-gave-up-a-5star-job-to-feed-madurais-homeless/46285-3.html  IBN-Live]</ref>
 ==Career==
-Krishnan founded the Akshaya Trust organization in 2003, which helps to feed the homeless and mentally-disabled in [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. He serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to 425 indigent and elderly people in Madurai.<ref>[http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_185459.asp "Roy Exum: He’s Still My Hero"] from ''[[The Chattanoogan]]''</ref><ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2006/06/04/stories/2006060400330400.htm  TheHindu June-2006]</ref>
+Krishnan founded the Akshaya Trust organization in 2003, which helps to feed the homeless and mentally-disabled in [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. He serves breakfast, lunch and dinner to 425 indigent and elderly people in Madurai.<ref>[http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_185459.asp "Roy Exum: He’s Still My Hero"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006015917/http://chattanoogan.com/articles/article_185459.asp |date=2010-10-06 }} from ''[[The Chattanoogan]]''</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2006/06/04/stories/2006060400330400.htm |title=TheHindu June-2006 |access-date=23 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217174746/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2006/06/04/stories/2006060400330400.htm |archive-date=17 February 2011 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
-He also provides haircuts and shaves to give dignity to those he serves. He was selected as one of the Top 10 in "CNN heroes 2010" list.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive10/naryanan.krishnan.html  CNN-heroes-2010]</ref><ref>[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-25/nri-achievers/28234132_1_cnn-hero-award-global-recognition  Times of India - Dec 2010]</ref><ref>[http://www.atlantadunia.com/dunia/News09/N602.htm   AtlantaDunia - Salute to real hero]</ref>
+He also provides haircuts and shaves to give dignity to those he serves. He was selected as one of the Top 10 in "CNN heroes 2010" list.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive10/naryanan.krishnan.html  CNN-heroes-2010]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105005101/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-25/nri-achievers/28234132_1_cnn-hero-award-global-recognition  Times of India - Dec 2010]</ref><ref>[http://www.atlantadunia.com/dunia/News09/N602.htm   AtlantaDunia - Salute to real hero]</ref>
-The character Narayanan Krishnan played by [[Jayaprakash]] in the 2012 Malayalam film [[Ustad Hotel]] is based on him.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.keralathanima.com/movies/usthad-hotel-and-narayanan-krishnan.html | title=Narayanan Krishnan – The real inspiration behind the latest malayalam movie ‘Usthad Hotel’ | accessdate=November 21, 2012}}</ref>
+The character Narayanan Krishnan played by [[Jayaprakash]] in the 2012 Malayalam film [[Ustad Hotel]] is based on him.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.keralathanima.com/movies/usthad-hotel-and-narayanan-krishnan.html | title=Narayanan Krishnan – The real inspiration behind the latest malayalam movie 'Usthad Hotel' | accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref>
 ==Controversy==
-In June 2014 a 23-year-old inmate who escaped from the Akshaya Trust home alleged that she was sexually abused. The news was featured in the media.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/report/inmates-rape-allegation-casts-shadow-over-akshaya-trust/20140707.htm "Inmate's rape allegation casts shadow over Akshaya Trust"]</ref> Although the Akshaya Trust home was exonerated by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court.<ref>[https://akshayausa.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/akshaya-trust-court-verdict.pdf "Court verdict exonerates Akshaya Trust"]</ref> it was asked to submit regular monthly reports since lot of human rights abuses have been reported from the home.[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/madras-high-court-orders-monitoring-of-akshaya-trust/article6407384.ece]
+In June 2014 a 23-year-old inmate who left the Akshaya Trust home alleged that she was sexually abused. The news was featured in the media.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/report/inmates-rape-allegation-casts-shadow-over-akshaya-trust/20140707.htm "Inmate's rape allegation casts shadow over Akshaya Trust"]</ref> Although the Akshaya Trust home was exonerated by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court,<ref>[https://akshayausa.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/akshaya-trust-court-verdict.pdf "Court verdict exonerates Akshaya Trust"]</ref> It was asked to submit regular monthly reports, due to the rather high number of human rights abuses that have been reported from the home.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/madras-high-court-orders-monitoring-of-akshaya-trust/article6407384.ece | title=High Court orders monitoring of Akshaya Trust | date=13 September 2014 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=16 November 2018 }}</ref>
+==See also==
+* [[CNN Heroes]]
 ==References==
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 * [http://www.akshayatrust.org/ Akshaya Trust official website]
 * [https://akshayausa.wordpress.com/ Akshaya Trust blog]
-* [http://www.byutv.org/watch/84071194-9bae-40f4-b296-75d53a6534dc/turning-point-akshaya-trust/ A television show about Narayanan Krishnan and Akshaya Trust]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141106054623/http://www.byutv.org/watch/84071194-9bae-40f4-b296-75d53a6534dc/turning-point-akshaya-trust/ A television show about Narayanan Krishnan and Akshaya Trust]
 * [http://www.keralathanima.com/movies/usthad-hotel-and-narayanan-krishnan.html/ A movie on Narayanan Krishnan]
 * [http://www.thestarfishthrowers.com/about/ A documentary including Narayanan Krishnan and Akshaya Trust]
+{{Authority control}}
-==See also==
-* [[CNN Heroes]]
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnan, Narayanan}}
 [[Category:1981 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:People from Madurai]]
+[[Category:Businesspeople from Madurai]]
-[[Category:Indian male social workers]]
 [[Category:Indian Tamil people]]
+[[Category:Social workers from Tamil Nadu]]