PM's Praise Felt Like Vishukkaineettam, Says Great-Grandson of Chettur Sankaran Nair

Nair's legacy resurfaces through Palat duo's book 'The Case That Shook The Empire', now adapted into Kesari Chapter 2, releasing April 18, starring Akshay Kumar

- SHYAM P V @Palakkad

FOR authors Pushpa and Raghu Palat, this Vishu was unlike any other. As they stood in Amritsar, the city that witnessed one of the darkest chapters in India's colonial history, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919, their phones buzzed with unexpected news: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had paid glowing tribute to Raghu's great-grandfather, Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair, the towering civil rights crusader from Kerala whose fearless stand shook the very foundations of British rule.

"It felt like a Vishukkaineettam," an emotional Raghu told TNIE over the phone.

"To receive this recognition from the highest level of government means the world to us."

The work of Sankaran Nair has come into public consciousness in recent times on the strength of the Palat duo's book 'The Case That Shook The Empire'. And based on their book, a Hindi film -- Akshay Kumar-starrer Kesari Chapter 2 -- is set to release on April 18.

The prime minister hailed Sankaran Nair while addressing a gathering in Haryana's Yamuna Nagar on Monday.