A year since Karunakaran’s death
December 23rd, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANSThiruvananthapuram, Dec 23 (IANS) It has been a year since four-time Kerala chief minister K. Karunakaran passed away but everything is as it was at his home Kalyani.
A year later, three of his personal aides still visit everyday. And the Congress veteran’s room at the home, now occupied by daughter Padmaja Venugopal, is also kept intact with his eyeglasses, clothes, bag and footwear kept as they were.
“We still have not got over the fact that he is no more. Somehow we feel his presence in this home so we make it a point to come here,” said his closest aide Manikandan.
The caretaker Padmakumar and the cook Ratnakaran continue to retain their jobs though Karunakaran is no more.
On his first death anniversary, posters of Karunakaran came up in several places in the state. The state government has allotted a plot in the heart of the city to erect a statue of the leader, who died at a Thiruvananthapuram hospital on Dec 23, 2010, at the age of 92.
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- PM to pay homage to Karunakaran in Thrissur - Dec 25, 2010
- PM pays homage to Karunakaran in Thrissur (Lead) - Dec 25, 2010
- Slight improvement in Karunakaran's condition - Dec 15, 2010
- Thousands jostle to bid farewell to Karunakaran (Lead) - Dec 24, 2010
- Karunakaran's condition improves slightly, but critical - Dec 14, 2010
- Sonia pays homage, thousands gather to bid Karunakaran adieu - Dec 24, 2010
- Karunakaran's children bury the hatchet - Jan 16, 2011
- Karunakaran names daughter Padmaja political heir - Apr 24, 2010
- Dissent over Congress candidates' list in Kerala - Mar 23, 2011
- Karunakaran's condition continues to be critical - Dec 23, 2010
- Former Kerala CM to be cremated today - Dec 25, 2010
- Thiruvananthapuram comes to a halt, political leaders praise Karunakaran - Dec 23, 2010
- Muraleedharan set to return to Congress fold - Feb 15, 2011
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