Re: s.s.menon/vk krishna menon

[BK Palit]

chandy   while still on menon.....what about the menon of menons....V.K.Krishna Menon....?? where he comes from in kerala...?? in early six tees after his 9 hour speech in u.n.o n before chinese aggression....he was so famous.....few of our cetians  started affixing the famous surname again with their names... i remember ....unnikrishnan (cricketer )...became U.K.Menon......Vijay Gopala ...added Menon.....so on .......cheers....bijoy da --- On Thu, 7/16/09, john s chandy <chan...@gmail.com> wrote: From: john s chandy <chan...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: s.s.menon To: "Cetaa67" <CET...@googlegroups.com> Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 5:55 AM Shivshankar Menon is the third Foreign Secretary from the family

The appointment of Shivshankar Menon as Foreign Secretary marks a hat trick for the Palat family of Ottapalam in Palakkad district. Mr. Shivshankar Menon is the grandson of the well-known diplomat K.P.S. Menon (senior) and nephew of K.P.S. Menon (junior) of the Palat family. His father P.N. Menon was also a diplomat.

Mr. Shivshankar Menon's mother, Malathy Menon, who now lives along with her elder sister, Janaki Nair, at `Palat Tharavad' was elated at the appointment of her son as Foreign Secretary.

Mr. Shivshankar Menon maintains close contact with his `tharavad.' He is also associated with the work of the Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair Foundation.

Ottapalam, the erstwhile Valluvadu area of Palakkad, is the home of many diplomats, administrators, scientists and politicians.

The first Malayali president of the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair, who later became a member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, belonged to the Palat family. His younger daughter, Saraswathy Amma (Anuji), was married to K.P.S. Menon (senior).

V.P. Menon, Secretary of State, who played a key role in making the Princely States merge with India soon after Independence, also hails from Ottapalam. Other well-known personalities include M.G.K. Menon, scientist and former Union Minister, and M.K. Narayanan, National Security Advisor.

A close family friend of Palat Tharavad, P.T. Narendra Menon, poet, recalled his association with the senior and junior K.P.S. Menon. He said he had met Mr. Shivshankar Menon at the `tharavad.' He said Mr. Shivshankar Menon is an efficient officer, well read and soft spoken. Though Mr. Shivshankar Menon has lived outside the country for long, he has maintained close contact with his family and is rooted in the cultural traditions of Kerala.

Rajasekharan Nair, secretary of the Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair Foundation, said Mr. Shivshankar Menon had supported the activities of the Foundation. He often got noted speakers to address the functions of the trust.

(Bijoy Da, You should be proud of your life long link with Mallus’ just like my link with Bengalees.)

 

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:27 PM, BK Palit <bk_p...@yahoo.com> wrote:

chandy ss menon our f.s. ....is  grand son of  our earlier  f.s...whats his name ? cheers....bijoy da

[john s chandy]

VKK Menon was born at Panniyankara in Calicut, Kerala, into the powerful Vengalil family of South India. His mother was the granddaughter of Raman Menon who had been the Dewan of Travancore between 1815 and 1817, serving HH Maharani Gowri Parvati Bayi. His father Komathu Krishna Kurup was the son of the Rajah of Kadathanadu and a wealthy and influential lawyer of the Calicut Bar. His sister was married to the last Maharajah of Cochin. Menon had his early education in Tellicherry and he took his B. A. degree from Presidency College, Chennai. Then after his higher studies at UK, started his freedom fighting from UK.

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM, BK Palit <bk_p...@yahoo.com> wrote:

chandy while still on menon.....what about the menon of menons....V.K.Krishna Menon....??where he comes from in kerala...??