Padma Awards 2011 : No Bharat Ratna but Padma for 128 stars
The BJP-led NDA government’s national security adviser Brajesh Mishra, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Wipro chief Azim Premji and 97- year- old Baroda- based press photographer Homai Vyarwalla are among 13 persons who have been awarded the Padma Vibhushan.
Altogether 129 persons have been conferred the Padma Awards this year, including 31 Padma Bhushans and 85 Padma Shris. Almost onefourth of the awardees, or 31, are women. Twenty journalists were nominated for the Padma awards but none made it in the final list, an apparent fall- out of the Radia tapes, which had shown many of them in a poor light.
Among eight awardees from abroad include Granville Austin, an independent American historian and a leading authority on the Indian Constitution; Karl Harrington Potter, American indologist who has written the Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies; and former Delhi University Vice Chancellor Prof Upendra Baxi, who is now teaching in Britain.
Cinema director A Nageshwara Rao of Andhra Pradesh,art promoter Kapila Vatsyayan, late Planning Commission vice- chairman L C Jain, Andhra scientist Palle Ama Rao and former 13th Finance Commission chairman and noted economist Vijay Kelkar are among other Padma Vibhushan awardees.
Bollywood claimed six awards: 3 each in Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri categories. Those conferred the Padma Bhushan are Waheeda Rehman, Shashi Kapoor and Khayyam; the Padma Shri awardees from Bollywood are Tabassum Hashmi Khan, alias Tabu, Kajol and Irfan Khan.
Sachin Tendulkar was the talking point but not listed for the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, apparently because he is too young, No sports person made it to the top two Padma awards. However, seven sports personalities were awarded the Padma Shri, notable among them being VVS Laxman.
Well- known theatre personality Satyadev Dubey, social workers from Maharashtra, Shobhana Ranade and Rajashree Birla, industrialist Chanda Kochhar, former Madhya Pradesh IAS officer M N Buch, Mumbai’s cardiologist, the late Dr Keki Byramjee Grant, and Gujarat’s late Dashrath Patel are the other prominent Padma Bhushan awardees.
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Chalo at least LAxman got recognition, more than deserving, all the best to him.
How can age be criterea for brilliance? A jewel is a jewel. A piece of iron cannot be gold even if its kept for million years. A gold is gold irrelevant of age. Sachin deserves it more than anyone else. Any way sachin you are a jewel in our eyes. You stay a jewel.
This is rediculous..Sachin didnt get Bharat-Ratna coz he is too young..This congree will never come out of average politics..come on do something differently..there is no age for achievements..
Why not given to Sachin. You are searching old person . there is not a criteria for brilliant personality. Is it? If some body deserve, dont wait to see . Sachin has "can do" attitude. Very sincere & very hard worker & highly Morale character. Overall background in history of world in cricket can not reach to sachin. He is really deserve for this award
pls next time need to consider SACHIN
hi babes this is not a joke to confer highest civ. award to a sports person.cricket is not a contribution to humanity in any way.he in reality is a great sportsman worth admiration, there is org. like icc to give him award.it is good that he has not been awarded ,you must think that awarding anybody means selecting a person out of 17% of world pop.. if you look with wide eyes there are hundreds in our country whose work and contribution islimitless to sustinence and dev of our country.it is good not to weight scholarship and game in same balance and not make it obama nobel prize..................
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