Mann Ki Baat · 29 January 2023
Episode 97, the first of 2023, named 16 of that year's Padma awardees and featured millet entrepreneurs, the farmers who protect Vedanthangal's birds, and a Kashmiri village's spring-cleaning tradition.
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Person · Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh
A man who left a well-paid job to set up a millet-processing unit in his village, inspired by the millet dishes his mother cooked. He also explains the value of millets to people and makes them easy to buy.
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Person · Kenad, Alibaug, Maharashtra
For about 20 years she has worked on millet farming and trained farmers in smart agriculture, raising both their millet yields and their incomes.
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Group · Bidar, Karnataka
Women in Bidar district who grow millets and also process them into flour through their producer company, earning much more as a result.
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Person · Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
A natural-farming practitioner whose farmer producer organisation in Bilaspur, joined by farmers from 12 states, makes eight kinds of millet flour and millet foods.
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Group · Vedanthangal, Tamil Nadu
The farmers living around the Vedanthangal wetland, declared a Ramsar site in 2022, are credited with protecting its large bird population.
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Group · Jammu and Kashmir
Villagers in Kashmir who set aside a day during their annual fruit blossom festival to clean the village spring together.
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Person · Totopara, Alipurduar, West Bengal
A writer from the small Toto tribe who created a script for the endangered Toto language, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Chaibasa, West Singhbhum, Jharkhand
A Ho writer and retired Hindi professor who wrote the first novel in the Ho language, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Hyderabad, Telangana
A linguist who has documented endangered tribal languages such as Kuvi and Manda, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Jambur village, Gir Somnath district, Gujarat
A Siddi community leader from Gujarat who has worked for the education and welfare of Siddi women and children, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
A doctor who won the trust of the Jarawa of the Andamans and helped them through a measles outbreak, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · New Delhi, Delhi
A paediatrician and geneticist who studied the health of tribal communities, including the Onge, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Kanker, Chhattisgarh
A Gond wood carver from Kanker who teaches carving to prisoners and people who have left Maoist violence, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Gurnoli, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra
An actor of Zadipatti folk theatre in Gadchiroli who has used the stage against superstition, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Haflong, Dima Hasao, Assam
A Zeliangrong community leader from Assam who has worked to preserve Heraka culture, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Tripura
A former chief of Tripura's Jamatia community who worked to protect its traditions, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh
A former Arunachal Pradesh minister from Tawang who ran a free school for poor children, named posthumously for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
A Srinagar craftsman who makes santoors and other string instruments by hand, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Mokokchung, Nagaland
A Naga musician who invented the bamhum, a bamboo wind instrument, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Laitkyrhong, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya
A Khasi folk musician who makes and plays traditional Khasi instruments, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Pindipapanahalli, Chikkaballapur, Karnataka
A master of the tamate, a folk hand drum of Karnataka, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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Person · Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
A sarinda player from Jalpaiguri, still performing past the age of 100, named for the Padma Shri in 2023.
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