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Meet Harikrishnan V Nair, who hit a Rs 200-million jackpot in Abu Dhabi

Nair had left Kerala in 2002 and settled in Abu Dhabi

Harikrishnan V Nair
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(Far right) Harikrishnan V Nair

Veer Arjun Singh
His wife had been thinking about pranking him when he called. Harikrishnan V Nair, an Indian expat living in Abu Dhabi, told Nisha that they might have won 12 million dirhams (roughly Rs 20 crore) in a lottery. She was calm in her disbelief. The pragmatic woman considered lottery tickets a waste of money. 

Even a week earlier, when Nair had sat fantasising about what he would do if he won a lottery, Nisha had told him to not fuss about luck and focus on the task at hand. Nair is a business development manager and Nisha works as a logistics