Why no Padmasri for me ?

Hi All
Guys,I am verrrrry angry today, furious,enraged,mad.
Girls from the vocabulary -building thread ,supply me more synonyms please, I can use a cartload. Grrrrrrrrr.

I got to see the full list of Padma awardees( Sri,Bhushan and Vibhushan)only last night. I am mightily miffed that the Government of my beloved country decided to decorate everybody except me. Thats unfair !

Time was when the selection committee took real interest in nominating eminent personalities who made notable contributions to society and culture . A Padma awardee was much respected and admired.
Slowly the successive governments started getting jolly and fancied the concept of Santa Claus,a benevolent distributor of largesse, spraying goodies right, left and centre. Year by year, the list has grown monstrously. This time the list occupies a whole broadsheet page and mind you, the font is only a grade larger than the fine print on a scrip.

Scrolling down the list , one is bewildered : Hullo, who in heavens is this ?And what does the person do? The Committee has its answers, alright. He has acted for 30 years, she has danced for 25 years, he has written 15 books, she has made 45 dresses,he fiddles, she sings, she paints, he wicket-keeps,he clicks, she cooks.
Get real, Sirs ! Each of them has chosen a profession/vocation and is persuing it for livelihood. They are not acting,dancing,writing, whatever , for free, out of charity ,for the sole pleasure of the unwashed masses. Well, I have chosen to be a homemaker and have been making home for 13 years. Why no Padmasri for me? If its only because they have had their 15 second of fame in pop. media, then, may I submit that my name too has appeared , along with 11 bhajanai mamis,in the 2-page " Athipatti Times". So there !

When there are category-wise awards like Sahitya Akademi and Jnanapith ( writing), Kalidas Samman ( performing Arts), Arjuna ( sports) Swarna Kamal etc ( Cinema), why waste precious Padmas on the same candidates again , Unless they have done something really exceptional ?
Thank goodness,The Bharath Ratna has been put on hold, without succumbing to string pulling and favouritism. Some decency left, after all.

Still fuming
Manjula

Dear Manju et all,

Moi aussi, no Padmashri. A notable omission, now that I have completed 1000 posts in IL!

Anyway, till I get one myself, I will subscribe to the view that the Padma awards are lots of hype. They are not endorsed by the Indian constitution.In fact,Morarji Deasi (yup, the exPM who drank 'you know what') could be better remembered for the fact that he suspended the awards when he was PM.

Here is some Padma trivia for us,just to show how shallow these awards can be. I will not use real names since I don't want to get sued. There was this former President of India, close to post Independence days. A very noble patriot who fought for our freedom.May His soul rest in peace.Anyway, he was down with a serious illness and a devoted nurse from his home state nursed him in the Rashtrapathi Bhavan.

When he was fully cured, the President decided to acknowledge her services by conferring Padmashri. He instructed his office to contact the state government (since they have to make the nomination) and get his nurse to be named.Sadly, the President just gave the second name of the nurse.

The diligent Head of Staff passed this surname to the state govt.It so happened there was an eminent medical practitioner in that state, with the same surname, who had done much academic work and social service.The state government was thrilled and imm nominated him for the Padmashri. It was carried ahead and approved.

When the President heard of this, he told his staff that a mistake had been made.He had been referring to his nurse. So, the Head of staff went back and this time, the 'right person'-the nurse was nominated and approved.But since the holy doctor had already been approved and informed,they could not take it back.

So,in that year, there were two Padmashri awardees of the same name from the same state.Maybe they both deserved it.But the way they were chosen tells us a lot abt the way our leaders rule us. And reward us!!!!

JaiHind!

regards
Vidya

Hi Vidya and Manju

It is very true of the fate of our once most honored Padma awards. Better not to say anything on them now. Really it is heartburning to see the names of award winners and I pity who really deserve and didn't get because of no lobbying powers at state or central level. As Manju says now-a-days the list is getting larger in size year by year without quality.

May god save our Bharat Ratna from the clutches of our politicians.

Varudhini

hello

nobel parisu thamizhukku kodukkavendumenru
bharathi sonnanam
varuthathudan..
ramanujathai killi erindanam
vayathu muthirvadarku munbe
(kanakku velai paarka mele avanukku
thevaiyo ennavo)
indru jan 23 il
nethajiyai ninaithu yaarum
oru vizha edukka vendaam
oru chinna patti manramavadu
nadathi irukkalam

thaguthi ullavargalai vittu vittu
cola vukkum koteeswaranukkum
koduppadu dane pattam?

sathya

Manjuuuuu....

Where are you? I want to convey this to you...

What a sense of humor associated with brilliance!

Yes its pity that our country is in such state favouritisms or uncontrolled violence still no answers from anyone who has authority over all this..might be we have to change the way we elect our leaders..