Sab Leela hai - The inspiring story of Captain CP Krishnan Nair

Captain CP Krishnan Nair will turn 90 in February, but there isn't a wrinkle on his face.

He was up till midnight at an awards function, yet there is no sign of fatigue.

He sits at a corner table in the coffee shop of his hotel in New Delhi, the Leela Kempinski Palace.

He is dressed in a brown suit and a white shirt with its collar open.

There's a small gold medal on the lapel - the Global 500 Laureate Roll of Honour from the United Nations Environment Programme.

The wristwatch is cut from a single piece of lapis by a watchmaker called H Stern in Rio de Janeiro.

He sips intermittently from a tall glass of jeera pani.

"It cleanses the system," he says.

Text: Bhupesh Bhandari, Business Standard

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