Padma Shri Awardees

The people in this picture are Kamala Pujari, Saalumarada Thimmaka, Madurai Chinna Pillai, Daitari Naik. I'm sure many of us are hearing these names for the first time, they may not be as famous as the reel heroes but surely their kindness made them our real heroes!

Who are they??

They received Padma Shri ( the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India) on March 16,2019 by President Shri Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapathi Bhavan,New Delhi.

*1 Kamala Pujari

Kamala Pujari is a tribal woman from Koraput in Odisha, India.She is popularly called "Preservor of paddy Seeds ". She is known for promoting organic farming. Interested in traditional farming, she learned the basic techniques from MS Swaminathan Research Foundation at Jeypore and has contributed a lot in the field of organic farming.

*2 Saalumarada Thimmakka

Saalumarada Thimmakka,is an Indian environmentalist from the state of Karnataka, noted for her work in planting and tending to 385 banyan trees along a four-kilometre stretch of highway between Hulikal and Kudur. She has also planted nearly 8000 other trees.With the support of her husband, she found solace in planting trees.

*3 Madurai Chinna Pillai

Chinna Pillai is from a small village near Madurai.She is popularly known as Madurai's Iron Lady. She started a very successful banking system in the villages in Tamil Nadu and is a champion trying to reduce poverty and debt grievances by empowering women.

*4 Daitari Naik

Daitari Naik, a 70-year-old tribal man of village Baitarani under Banspal block of Keonjhar district in Odisha, has carved out about a kilometre-long canal in a stream to irrigate his cultivated land.

// What can we learn from them? //

We don’t give because we are rich.

We are rich because we give.

Courage, determination, Hardwork can make anything happen, it's not your background or money but your willpower which makes you stronger. These people proved being happy is a very personal thing, it really has nothing to do with anyone else. They proved once a person is humble, grateful for what they have, work on it, the universe will reward their gratitude. Their pure smiles in the picture make us realize the happiest people don't have the best of everything, they make the best of everything!

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