He was an award winning Chef at Five Star Hotel The Taj Delhi, and was selected to be appointed at a grand Hotel in Switzerland but this noblest man decided to feed the homeless and destitute people of his home town Madurai in India. He is Narayana Krishnan who decided to leave his splendid job of a chef and firmed to serve the poor hungry people who are completely unable to afford even a single meal for themselves. This drastic transformation happened after a very awful and sad incident took place in his life, Krishnan was on his way to somewhere when he saw a terribly hungry man hiding himself under a bridge and eating his own human waste. Krishnan was numb to see this thing and deeply hurt to see the desperation of that hungry man. And there he decided to feed that hungry man on daily basis, the satisfaction of feeding a hungry was so strong and firmed in Krishnan’s heart that he decided that this is what he wants to do for the rest of his life. From then onwards feeding hungry and destitute people became his motive and purpose of his life. Initially he began to cook for the destitute at a rented kitchen and today it has been 12 years of his life of serving more than 1.2 million meals to the people of India. In 2003 he also got an organization registered with the name AKSHAYA’S H.E.L.P TRUST where they feed the homeless, mentally ill, destitute, and old people who are considered to be ignoble by our society. Krishnan perceives everyone as equal and believes all human beings deserve human care. The food that they give to the destitute people provides them physical nutrition, compassion and affection. Narayana Krishnan’s ultimate purpose of life is to give. And this keeps him going in his life. He has been recognised worldwide for his humanitarian work and for helping the homeless in India; he had also won the CNN Heroes Award in 2010. Kudos to such a humble person, he is an inspiration for all the human beings.
