Justice KT Thomas, who retired in 2002, had once also said that RSS was subjected to ‘smear campaign’ in Mahatma Gandhi assassination case which 'must end'.
However, Kerala CM Pinarayi, who lauded award to actor Mammootty at the State Film Awards ceremony, was silent on Padma Vibhushan awarded posthumously to veteran communist leader.
13 Padma awards went to Tamil Nadu followed by Bengal, 11, Kerala, 8, & Assam, 5. All these states are headed to polls & so is Puducherry which had one personality in the list.
Highest number of awardees this time are from Maharashtra (12), followed by Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Gujarat (8 each). This time, total 13 awardees are from the Northeast.
In 2014, Modi govt stopped renewing 3-year terms on which many eminent artists were allotted houses by Centre. As Monday is last day for them to vacate, ThePrint records their stories of despair.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya declined Padma Bhushan and Ghulam Nabi Azad drew jibes from Congress leaders for accepting the award from Modi govt. But such controversies are not new.
Mohammed Sharif has performed the last rites of more than 5,000 unclaimed bodies, including during the Covid second wave. But now the Padma Shri awardee needs help, he told ThePrint.
From nominating deserving people to getting a chance to attend the awards ceremony, the Modi govt has changed the way Indians interact with the Padma Awards.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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