It's been almost four months today since the big award as 'Padma Shri', but the flow of guests and local leaders from around the house to come home and wish them well still doesn't stop. Folk singer and lyricist Madhu Mansoori Hasmukh's reaction will make you say 'Wow kya baat hai'! But the real problem of Madhu Hasmukh, who lives in a very ordinary situation, is different. They are tired enough while welcoming these guests and now there is a huge shortage of money at home.
Jharkhand folk singer and lyricist Madhu Mansoori Hasmukh returned to Jharkhand's capital Ranchi after being honored at an award ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in January. Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh has been honored with the Padma Shri Award for 2020-21 by the Government of India for awakening social and cultural consciousness in society through folk songs. His home is Simlia village in Ratu block, ten kilometers from Ranchi headquarters. When Madhu Hasmukh returned home, congratulations started pouring in. Expressing his happiness about Padma Shri, he says that we don't let every guest go without giving them breakfast and water. According to them, this process will take a long time, which they have to carry out at their own expense. Asked if these factors will make your financial problems worse than before, he says, "I don't know, but the costs are really high right now."
Padmashri Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh is a folk singer and lyricist from Jharkhand
Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh belongs to the backward caste of the Muslim community and her family's condition is not very good. Well, how much their financial burden has increased or will increase after receiving the Padma Shri cannot be measured in a few months or a year, but one of the tribal-dalit artistes who have been honored with the Padma Shri in the last five years or earlier is Simon Uraan… Simon for Water and Forest Conservation in 2016 He was. honored with Padma Shri. 40 km from Ranchi. They live with their families in a small village far away.
But despite this honor, his entire family became a victim of the indifference of the government. Today, the family's financial situation has deteriorated to such an extent that Simone's grandchildren have to work cleaning and washing dishes in other people's homes. After the news about this was published, Simon Uran started getting an old age pension for a few months. Although the process of building houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has started, the financial crisis still continues.
"We were already facing a financial crisis, but since the Padma Shri award, the burden has increased," says Simon. We received blank medals and certificates. The people at home were angry. Many programs were invited as chief guests. But I had to go everywhere at my own expense. Four kilos of sugar per week began to be spent. Simon Oran had refused to accept the Padma Shri. His argument was that giving Padma Shri would not fill his stomach. But explain to them that this is the highest award. Do not refuse it. Your life will change. But the opposite happened.
Simon Uran was given the title of Jalpurusha. He has spent more than five decades protecting the environment. The mineral-rich state of Jharkhand is surrounded by forests and dogs. Water has been a problem in this state for many years. Simon worked very hard himself. A well was dug, others took inspiration from them and then slowly the structures were built. Many documentary films have been made on him and people from home and abroad come to him for research. While everything was going well, their earning son died in an accident and Simone began to suffer.
Water Man Padmashri Simon Uranus
Jharkhand folk singer and dancer Mukund Nayak, 72, who lives in Ranchi's Chutia, was awarded the Padma Shri in 2017 for the arts. He says, after receiving the Padma Shri, the invitations increased a lot. People send invitations, but no one talks about how I will come, how I will travel, what I will eat, where I will eat, how I will return home. During the awarding of the Padma Shri, I paid the travel expenses to Delhi, food, accommodation, but after that I got nothing. Except for invitations to some government events, most of the events have to be attended at one's own expense. There should be respect, but according to that respect, there should also be a system of financial assistance from the government.
Folk singer and dancer Padmashri Mukund Nayak
40-year-old Jamuna Tudu, a resident of Chakulia block in East Singhbhum district, is known as 'Lady Tarzan' across the country and the world. She has been busy protecting forests and fighting against the forest mafia for the past twenty years. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2019 for the protection and conservation of forests, but Jamuna says the honor comes but not the support. Most of the programs have to be attended at their own expense. If you have got Padma Shri, you have to go to the program, you have to take a name, you have to honor, but you don't get any support from the government.
'Lady Tarzan' Padma Shri Jamuna Tudu
Gambhir Singh Munda, a resident of Chodda village under Baghmundi police station limits in West Bengal's Purulia district adjacent to Ranchi, was awarded the Padma Shri in the year 1981. Mukund Nayak, talking about Gambhir Singh, says that Gambhir Singh always struggled for money and, due to this financial wretchedness, he could not even get proper treatment. His 61-year-old son Karthik Singh Munda says, "My father's one eye was failing. We didn't even have money to treat that eye, my Padmashri father didn't even get a simple old age pension. We could not even treat them because of lack of money.” Padmashri Gambhir Singh Munda was a tribal tribal and died at the age of seventy-two.
Memorial of Padmashri 'Gambir Singh Munda'
