It is a great feeling to see the unknown being honoured, who have contributed so much to our society so silently. Though l wonder what Karan Johar and Adnan Sami have contributed. As always beautifully written Anil👏👏
Thank you Kapil. Your point is taken. Rarely are we going to have a set of awards that are acceptable by everyone. Inevitably some subjectivity will creep in. My point is that now you have a process--over time this can be improved. An error at the end of a process is acceptable, but an ad hoc award is not. Keep reading and writing in too. Thanks again.
it feels good to read about such unknown people who have contributed exceptional service towards advancement of art, literature, science, enviornment and many other fields . You are absolutely right the general public should be informed about their distinguished services for the nation.
In fact today I discussed with my students the importance of self help groups for rural development. I Showed them the picture of Jaswanti Ben Popat(Baa) who started Lijjat padad in 1959 with mere 80 rupees. Today it employs 46000 women and has turnover of around 1850 crores. Finally at the age of 91 years she has been awarded padam shri this year. For such a large thickly populated country just 120 Padma awards I feel are too less. We have so many talented and unknown hidden gems in our country.
Dear Vandana, as always thank you so much for your kind words. Much appreciated. You picked a remarkable example for your students. Agree with you that we need to uncover more of our national gems. Think it is already happening. The hegemony of the elites and metros is broken. Best. Anil
The essence of this year's Padma awards has been precisely narrated by you Anil and I could not agree more with you, that the photos of 83 years old Tulasi Gowda, in her native attire, holding her head high will go a long way in inspiring "we, the people of India". A splendid moment for the nation, when the government displays it's change in thought process and every citizen is assured of fair play.
It is a great feeling to see the unknown being honoured, who have contributed so much to our society so silently. Though l wonder what Karan Johar and Adnan Sami have contributed. As always beautifully written Anil👏👏
Thank you Kapil. Your point is taken. Rarely are we going to have a set of awards that are acceptable by everyone. Inevitably some subjectivity will creep in. My point is that now you have a process--over time this can be improved. An error at the end of a process is acceptable, but an ad hoc award is not. Keep reading and writing in too. Thanks again.
Dear Anil,
it feels good to read about such unknown people who have contributed exceptional service towards advancement of art, literature, science, enviornment and many other fields . You are absolutely right the general public should be informed about their distinguished services for the nation.
In fact today I discussed with my students the importance of self help groups for rural development. I Showed them the picture of Jaswanti Ben Popat(Baa) who started Lijjat padad in 1959 with mere 80 rupees. Today it employs 46000 women and has turnover of around 1850 crores. Finally at the age of 91 years she has been awarded padam shri this year. For such a large thickly populated country just 120 Padma awards I feel are too less. We have so many talented and unknown hidden gems in our country.
Dear Vandana, as always thank you so much for your kind words. Much appreciated. You picked a remarkable example for your students. Agree with you that we need to uncover more of our national gems. Think it is already happening. The hegemony of the elites and metros is broken. Best. Anil
The essence of this year's Padma awards has been precisely narrated by you Anil and I could not agree more with you, that the photos of 83 years old Tulasi Gowda, in her native attire, holding her head high will go a long way in inspiring "we, the people of India". A splendid moment for the nation, when the government displays it's change in thought process and every citizen is assured of fair play.
Thank you Gautam. 🙂