THE AWARD WINNERS

  K. Y. Venkatesh is an Indian para-athlete and shot putter from Bengaluru, Karnataka , India. He won his first gold for India in the shot put in 1999 in Australia. In 1994, he represented India at the 1st International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Berlin, Germany. He was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2021. Venkatesh also holds a Limca Book of Records. He made a world record when he secured six medals in various sports at the fourth World Dwarf Games in 2005. K. Y. Venkatesh won a silver medal for Badminton at the LG World Cup 2002 and 3 gold and 2 silver medals in shot put, discus throw and javelin throw at the Open Track and Field Championship 2004. He also won one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal at the 2004 Swedish Open Track & Field Championship. He bagged a gold medal in the hockey event, silver medals in football and basketball events and a bronze medal in the badminton event at the 2006 E...

This time 119 people will be awarded the Padma Awards by the Central Government. Many celebrities of UP have also been selected for the Padma Awards. One of these names is Prof. Of Usha Yadav A resident of Agra. The government has announced Usha Yadav to be given the Padma Shri award for her writing. Usha Yadav has written many books of story, novel, poetry, drama and biography. Usha has written more than 100 books Usha Yadav did not even know that she was going to get Padma Shri Award. As soon as he came to know that his name has also been announced for this award, tears of joy came in his eyes. Usha Yadav while discussing her early life told that she was born in Kanpur. After marriage, she came to Agra. In the early days, he had speeded up his writing work. Every morning his literature practice begins which continues till night. Usha Yadav has composed more than 100 books so far. Usha Yadav says that she has drank literature in her chest. When Usha Yadav was 9 years old, her composit...

Lieutenant Colonel (Retd.) Quazi Sazzad Ali Zahir (Born April 11, 1951) is a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation war. The Bangladesh government awarded him the title of Bir Protik for his bravery in the war.He was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2021. Early life Zaheer was born in Chausai, Daudkandi Upazila, Comilla District on 11 April 1951. Career Zahir joined the Pakistan Army at the end of 1969 as a cadet. In 1971, he was training as a senior cadet at the Kakul Military Academy in Pakistan. Zahir was commissioned in the Artillery Corps of the Pakistan Army in August. Posting is in 6th Field Artillery Regiment Sialkot. When the Bangladesh Liberation war started, he fled from Pakistan at the end of August and came to India to join the war. Zahir joined the Bangladesh Liberation war in September 1971. He organized the 2nd Artillery Force under Sector 4 in the Sylhet region. At that time the Indian government gave six 105 mm artillery to the Mukti B...

  Subbu Arumugam (born 1928) is an Indian musician, writer and Villupattu theatre art exponent. In 2021, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian award the Padma Shri in the Arts and Literature category. He has published 15 books containing Villu Pattu narratives, songs, short stories and novels such as Veera Pandia Kattabomman. Some of his published notable works are Noolaga Villisai, Ramayanam, and Villisai Mahabharatham. He has many Villu Pattu audio-cassettes, videos, and devotional songs to his credit. Some of the other notable works include Kannile Nalla Gunam, a video on diabetic retinopathy, which was produced by Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, and Sattam, Sathyam, Samudhyam, a video on legal matters, was produced by the Government of Tamil Nadu. He has also written comedy tracks, dialogues and lyrics for various films in India. He was born in 1928 at Chatthiram Pudukulam village of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu, India. He received training in the Villu Paatu theatr...

 Annavarapu Rama Swamy (born 1926) is an Indian classical violinist from Andhra Pradesh, India. He is known for his contributions in the field of Carnatic music. He is noted for inventing new Ragas and Talas such as Vandana Raga, Sri Durga Raga and Tinetradi Tala and Vedadi Tala. In 2021, he was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian award the Padma Shri in the Arts and Literature category. He was awarded the Fellowship of Andhra Pradesh Sangeeta Akademi in 1983. Early life Annavarapu Ramaswamy was born on March 27, 1926 in Somavarappadu, West Godavari district. His father Pentayya Nadaswara was a Nadaswaram scholar. His elder brother Annavarapu Gopalam worked as an Ghatam artist on the Akashavani for a long time and then retired and died. He learned music from Maganti Jagannadham Chaudhary and later from Parupalli Ramakrishnaiah Panthula. Among the disciples of Parupalli Ramakrishna - Balamuralikrishna, Annavarapu Ramaswamy and Nallana Chakravarti Krishnamacharya are famous. Care...

  Anitha Pauldurai (born 22 June 1985, Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is an Indian basketball player who has been the captain of the Indian Women's National basketball team. 18 years played for Indian Women National team (2000 to 2017). Anitha is the first only Indian woman to have played nine Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) championships continuously representing the national squad. Anitha has a record of 30 Medals in National Championship. Anitha is the youngest ever to captain our Senior National Team at the age of 19 and went on to captained the National team for 8 years. In August 2012, she was selected to play for an international women professional league in Thailand. Anitha has played a number of international tournaments including big-ticket events such as the Asian championship, Commonwealth Games 2006 and Asian Games 2010. Anitha won Gold Medal in 1st 3 on 3 FIBA Asian Basketball championship at Doha 2013, Gold Medal in 3rd Asian beach games at Haiyan china 2012, Captain and ...

  Music transcends borders and captivates hearts. Going by this maxim, India’s noted rabab exponent Gulfam Ahmad Khan, 61, is a winner all the way, from India to Afghanistan. Khan, who played the Afghan rabab at Sankatmochan Sangeet Samaroh here late Saturday night and left the audience spellbound, has become India’s ambassador of goodwill of sorts in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, he teaches locals the rudiments of playing the lute-shaped musical instrument which is quite akin to the sarod. Khan, who divides his time between New Delhi and Kabul, has taught 250 Afghan nationals and 50 more are under his tutelage. His skill has earned him enormous respect in Afghanistan where people call him Ustad. In particular, he wants to popularise the Dhrupadi rabab (Narad veena), an Indian variety of the instrument, across Afghanistan and in other parts of the world. Khan wishes for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the initiative to popularise the Indian rabab. “Dhrupadi rabab is a completel...

Moozhikkal Pankajakshi is Kerala's last surviving link with Nokkuvidya Pavakkali, the centuries old traditional puppetry of Kerala. Perhaps, it could be the manner in which this unique form of puppetry was performed that not many in Kerala itself know the fact that she is the one and only master performer of Nokkuvidya form of puppetry.She is also a recipient of the Padma Shri Award - India's fourth highest civilian honour - this year in the category of arts. Nokkuvidya Pavakkali (nokku-look, vidya-technique, pavakkali-puppetry) demands strenuous training, before performing the same with absolute confidence. The presentation of this puppetry form requires the performer to balance puppets on the upper lip and manage the movements with constant gaze and by controlling the strings. A group of singers render songs while the performer balances the puppets mounted on rods on the upper lips. It is said that this rare form of puppetry, which finds mention in Chilappathikaram (ancient T...