A former Delhi principal received one of India's highest awards along with Dhoni, Helen and others. Campus had exploded in protest when he hired wife of minister Jaipal Reddy's secy as lecturer. Guess who proposed his name for Padma? Mr Jaipal Reddy, finds MiD DAY
A former Delhi principal received one of India's highest awards along with Dhoni, Helen and others. Campus had exploded in protest when he hired wife of minister Jaipal Reddy's secy as lecturer. Guess who proposed his name for Padma? Mr Jaipal Reddy, finds MiD DAY
IF you know the right people, even the Padma Shri could come as a personal gift, it seems.
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Past imperfect |
2009 It was alleged Aishwarya Rai got the Padma Shri because the Bachchans are close to the Samajwadi Party 2002 Kathak queen Sitara Devi refused the Padma Bhushan, saying lesser-known people had got the Padma Vibhushan 1999 Vocalist Pandit Jasraj had alleged that sitar maestro Ravi Shankar had approached MPs to secure the Bharat Ratna |