vijayalakshmi navaneethakrishnan about vairamuthu

She is both a poet and a writer, who was barred from completing her high school, yet was driven to change the society and its misconceptions about women through her poems.Īmong the crowd cheering for her was Uma Devi, also an awardee, whose lyrics are informed by her feminism. I wanted to break my shell and prove to the world of alpha males that women are something,” said Salma on receiving the award. “It was one of Periyar’s books, ‘Pen Yen Adimai Aanal’ that brought me here. From an actor, entrepreneur to a rice historian, all of the 10 awardees from Tamil Nadu had two things in common - an iron will and lot of success. The perfect testimony of this could be seen in each awardee at the TNIE Devi Awards 2018 ceremony, presented by Federal Bank. The most powerful are those whom you don’t see coming. The most powerful women aren’t always the ones who seem overtly bold or the ones who are the loudest in the gang. Harsh Dugar, Head of Corporate and Institutional Banking at Federal Bank said women are valuable assets to the country and must be given equal opportunity to be empowered. That is what we need to pay greater attention to,” she said. “Parents’ role is critical at this stage.

TNIE editorial director Prabhu Chawla was also present.Īsking awardees if they were achievers by nature or were nurtured to be that way, Bedi said nurturing happens primarily between ages 5-13. Over 150 such women have received the Devi award so far,” said G S Vasu, the editor of The New Indian Express group, speaking at the event. “We as a newspaper believe that strong, independent women are the backbone of the country. The Devi awards constituted by the TNIE group recognise the dynamism and the never-say-die spirit of women. Receiving the award from Puducherry L-G Kiranīedi as TNIE editorial director looks on. Educationist Rajalakshmi YG Parthasarathy

Vijayalakshmi navaneethakrishnan about vairamuthu