17.12.12

Molly Kurien passes away


Molly Kurien, wife of late Dr Verghese Kurien, passed away at Friday midnight in Mumbai.
Hailed as ‘silent lady’ behind the White Revolution ushered by India’s milkman Dr Kurien, she was admitted at Breach Candy Hospital since Wednesday. Family’s close friends and relatives were shocked by the sudden loss which came just three months after the demise of Father of India’s White Revolution Dr Kurien.
Her body was cremated at Chandanwadi, the electric crematorium at Marine Lines, on Saturday evening.
Before her cremation, her body was kept at Cuffe Parade Road residence of her nephew Suresh Philip at Colaba for people to pay their last respects where the entire top brass of Gujarat’s dairy sector had converged.
According to close associates, Molly (81) had developed complications due to side effects of antibiotic medicine. She is survived by daughter Nirmala and grandson Siddharth.
Dr Kurien had created country’s strongest dairy brand Amul as founder chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) and had served as founder chairman of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and the Institute of Rural Management Anand (NDDB). He had passed away at the age of 90 on September 9 this year.
Dr Kurien married Molly on June 15, 1953. After their marriage, Maniben Patel, daughter of India’s Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, had played role of her foster mother in Anand.

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