Lady Mason, 103-year-old athlete, mushroom woman, 15 with 'feminine power' award

New delhi date. March 8, 2020, Sunday

President Ram Nath Kovind was honored with the Nari Shakti Award at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday along with 15 women including Lady Mason, 100-year-old athlete, Lady Tarzan of Jharkhand and Mushroom woman.

International Women Day was honored for bringing positive change to the society and unprecedented contribution to their fields. Women were selected for the 2019 Nari Shakti Award from the fields including agriculture, sports, crafts, forestry and wildlife conservation, the armed forces and education.

Veena Devi, famous as the 'Mushroom Woman' was honored for popularizing mushroom farming. 43-year-old Veena Devi cultivates mushrooms. They train farmers for mushroom cultivation, organic farming, production of vermicompost and teach them to make organic pesticides at home. In more than 105 villages in Munger district of Bihar, people have turned to mushroom cultivation.

Another name among the Nari Shakti Award winners is Mann Kaur, a 103-year-old athlete. Known as the 'Miracle of Chandigarh', Mann Kaur started his career in athletics at the age of 93.

He won four gold medals at the track and field at the World Masters Athletic Championships in Poland and became the fastest centenarian in the American Masters game in 2016.

He is the oldest person to hit the top of Auckland's Sky Tower in 2017. Another winner is the 58-year-old Kalawati Devi known as Lady Mason, who has done significant work in reducing open defecation in Kanpur district.

He has built more than 4,000 toilets in Kanpur district and surrounding villages. Padala Bhudevi, 40, has worked for the development of tribal women, widows, Podu Lands through a community based organization - CVS (Chennai Tribal Development Society) founded by his father.

Despite being forced to marry at just 11 years of age and facing physical and mental harassment by her husband and in-laws, Padala Bhudevi raised three children on the one hand and encouraged women to participate in agribusiness activities.

Arifa Jan, 33, was awarded the award for bringing to life the forgotten Namdha craft in Kashmir and training more than 100 women. 47-year-old Chami Murmu was honored for her work in the field of environment. He is known as 'Lady Tarzan' of Jharkhand.

He has planted more than 2.5 million plants. Nilja Wangmo, 40, is a Ladakh entrepreneur who runs an Alachi Kitchen restaurant, which serves some traditional and forgotten Ladakh dishes.

Other women who won the Nari Shakti Award include 60-year-old Rashmi Urvardheshi, twin sisters Tashi Malik, 28, and Naungshi Malik, 38-year-old classical singer Kaushiki Chakraborty, 26-year-old Avani Chaturvedi, 27-year-old Bhavna Kant, 28-year-old Mohana Singh. Avni, Bhavana and Mohana are all three Indian Air Force pilots. These are the first three women to be stationed in the Air Force Fighter Squadron. The award was also honored with 105-year-old Amma from Kerala and 98-year-old Karthlee Amma from Kerala.

8-year-old Lysipriya Kangjum denied PM Modi's honor

New delhi date. 8

A few days ago, Prime Minister Modi spoke to International Women's Day about handing over his Twitter account to inspiring women. In the series, on the day of the women's day, the government of India shared stories of some inspiring women, including Lisipriya Kangjum, an 8-year-old climate change activist from Manipur.

But Lispria thanked Prime Minister Modi for the honor, but refused to accept it. If you cannot hear my voice, do not include me in this, ”he wrote on Twitter. Thank you so much for joining me and other inspiring women in ShineSphere.

But after much thought, I decided not to accept this honor. In another tweet he wrote, The government does not listen to me and today it puts me in the category of inspiring women ... but is this really worth it?