The most prestigious and honorary
award Padma Awards list is now out. Famed personalities such as Baba Ramdev and
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, actors Amitabh
Bachchan and Rajinikanth, BJP veteran L K Advani and Punjab Chief
Minister Parkash Singh Badal are amongst the winners and will be conferred with
the award on this Republic Day.
Also veteran actor Dilip Kumar,
filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, lyricist Prasoon
Joshi, who worked on the BJP’s advertisement campaign for the Lok Sabha
elections, and scriptwriter Salim Khan, father of actor Salman Khan are
amongst the list.
In the arts and culture category,
music composer Anu Malik too has bagged an award. Sports stars, Sardara Singh –
captain of Hockey team, badminton player P V Sindhu, chess master Sasikiran
Krishnan, wrestler Sushil Kumar, his coach Satpal and Arunima Sinha, the first
women amputee mountaineer to climb Mount Everest have been rewarded with this
prestigious honor.