Deccan
Chronicle: Kochi: Saturday, 15 November 2014.
The
state government has sent a mammoth 33-member list for Padma awards 2014, which
includes Mohanlal for Padma Bhushan and Jagathy Sreekumar for Padmasree. The
state also recommended P.Gopinathan Nair, chairman of Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi, for
Padma Bhushan. The list for Padmasree include historian M.G.S. Narayanan,
singer P. Jayachandran, lyricist Yusufali Kecheri and Kathakali artist Mathoor Govindan Kutty.
The
list was prepared by a cabinet subcommittee though the centre had specifically
asked the state to constitute a search committee for the recommendation. The
list was revealed after RTI activist D.B. Binu sent an RTI query regarding the list. According to
Mr Binu, the state could have appointed
a search committee for finding the right persons for the Padma awards.
Veteran
journalist K.M. Roy is also included in the list. Singers M.G. Sreekumar and K.G. Jayan are listed for Padmasree. Eight doctors, including
oncologist V.P. Gangadharan, are also in the list. Soorya Krishna Moorthy, who found his name
in the list last year, is also
recommended.
Other
noted personalities in the list are novelist Perumbadavam Sreedharan, George
Onakkoor, sculptor Kanayi Kunhiraman, mridangam artist Kuzhalmannam G.
Ramakrishnan and Hindustani vocalist Pandit Ramesh Narayan.
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