Want to know about Brother K Manian Pillai Salim Pasha?
"A week later, a young Muslim trader called Salim Pasha reaches Nanchancode near Mysore — with his wife Mehrunnisa and a baby. He resumes life, selling Kerala pudding. The business flourished — he ran a mess, then bought a petrol pump, textile shop and headed a couple of wholesale agencies.Pasha became a local hero. In 1983, ahead of assembly polls, he got a party ticket for candidacy. Just as he was to file his nomination, a Kerala police team nabbed him. He was jailed (for six years), and all his assets in Karnataka were attached."
Manian Pillai took to stealing at the age of 18, went to prison (you've read all about that and what happened), then again went to prison (this time from Tamil Nadu, where he was a furniture merchant plus DMK worker), and coming out as a reformed man (studied a two year course and became a Pentecostal brother), he co-authored his 584 page life story which was a best-seller in Malayalam, and is now a small-time actor earning an average of two hundred rupees per day.
Today, Pillai dreams of a career as a small-scale entrepreneur. "I will start a small hotel, or buy an auto rickshaw," he dreams. Should not be impossible, given his past performance. I wish him success.
The story of his atonement is at Indian Express
That's an interesting story. Nice to know that he is a reformed man now. Wishing him good luck.
ReplyDeleteYes, he lost his wife, and it opened his eyes. He is waiting for someone to make a movie out of his life. That would be one Slumdog Millionaire!
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