Singer S.Janaki refuses to accept Padma Bhushan

Smt.Janaki's refusal to accept the feather of "Padma" need not necessarily be viewed as her ploy to hit headlines. The much acclaimed singer of all lingua franca, has scored in triggering a national debate over the criteria of selection of awardees, as the antecedents mostly go to show the strong territorial bias. Let us not be apprehensive over the emotional clevage likely to be stoked by Janaki's decision between the people of north and south , who otherwise cohabit harmoniously. Sri.Bharathi Raja showed the way who earlier stood with the cause of Srilankan Tamils, massacred in lacs through Indian bullets which is why he returned the national award. Some refusals of sort , slap at discrimination, and gross injustice perpetrated under the very nose of ruling dispensatioin. Better the centre wakes up to the bone of contention lying behind some decisions, albeit earning mixed responses from very many quarters.

Posted by C.Chandrasekaran(Madurai) at 01/26/2013 10:23 Reply to this Report abuse

for the people of delhi. india is delhi and surronding states.all other regions are given step motherly treatment from day one of the nation forming.there is no national cultural feeling.south indians,bengali north east are referred as madrasi and ne people as,chiknis. maximum talented people are in south,east,ne and west but that is not accepted by the hindi belt.

Posted by vijay at 01/26/2013 12:05 Reply to this Report abuse

No padma awards should be given to cricket and film personalities.They get name fame and wealth because of of their profession. These awards to be given to silent workers in the field of agriculture, science,folk arts,ecologists,wild life savers, forest protectors.......so on, because these people never seek publicity and several of them are poor.

Posted by Agosuke at 01/26/2013 13:15 Reply to this Report abuse

I am from east india but lived all my life in the BIMARU States of the Country. I fully agree with the fact that people of south India have not got their due in our country. In fact except for north indians the people from other parts of India do not get accepted because of a severe language problem. But one silver lining in the cloud is that south indians get tenanted premises all over the country very easily as north indians donot trust north indians while renting their house[lighter vein] What if we started a movement of reconciliation by apologising to our fellow citizens living in south India and then file PIL before the Supreme Court before it gets too late. I am scared that foreign forces can take advantage if this situation is allowed to linger on. Subhro Sanyal

Posted by Subhro Sanyal at 01/26/2013 13:36 Reply to this Report abuse

Be it south Indian artists, freedom fighters, etc., there is a systematic block out by the north Indian dominated central government. The awards given to various personalities do not have any system or thinking. It is ad hoc, biased and politically motivated. rouges, animal killers and others connected to top Delhi politicians get all sorts of awards and medals. south India is always left out, neglected. It is not so important that this award would gratify Janakiamma. The award would get more weight age when given to people like her with incomparable talent. Tamilians would never forget the injustice done to Vani Jayaram, who in her first stellar performance created butterfly in many singers' stomach. the dirty politics sidelined her from West and north. How ever, she was not worried. Ms. Jakaki's decision is bold and highly respected. We all love and respect her.

Posted by chandru mani iyer at 01/26/2013 15:33 Reply to this Report abuse