Returning or declining awards has often been a way of scoring a political point against the government. But, some have also refused citing personal reasons or as a matter of principle.
The Padma Shri might have come quite late to Assam’s 102-year-old Gandhian Shakuntala Chowdhary, but for her family and well-wishers, it is “better late than never”, and they have urged the authorities to hand over the award to the centenarian here. Chowdhary quietly lives her twilight years with fading memories of a life devoted to selfless service, truth, simplicity and
The Padma Shri might have come quite late to Assam’s 102-year-old Gandhian Shakuntala Chowdhary, but for her family and well-wishers, it is “better late than never”, and they have urged the authorities to hand over the award to the centenarian here.Chowdhary quietly lives her twilight years with fading memories of a life devoted to selfless […]