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DR. LATHA NAIR
ST.TERESA’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERNAKULAM
It is a rare privilege to offer tribute to an illustrious colleague at the close of
a long and distinguished career. It is rarer still when that colleague has also
been your teacher. Dr. Latha, has straddled many roles during her tenure
at college, and a few pages will scarcely sum up all her accomplishments.
Dr. Lata was born into a hugely politicized and erudite family - the youngest
daughter of P. Ramachandran Nair and K. Saudamini, descendants of
families with a lineage going back probably two and a half centuries. Her
love for the world of books and learning probably stemmed from the
discussions and debates among the many stalwarts from the world of
politics and literature who frequented her family home. Her father, a man of
multifarious interests, was her initiator into literature. A gold medalist from
Nagpur university, a trained lawyer with a degree in literature, he gave her
76 complete freedom to read whatever and as much as she pleased. No book
