Person
Joydeep Mukherjee
A young musician trying to revive the sursingar, a string instrument rarely heard since the 1950s and 60s, who received the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Mann Ki Baat · 26 February 2023
Episode 98
Episode 98 featured young musicians and dancers reviving rare art forms, a youth clean-up group in Bhiwani and women in Odisha turning milk pouches into baskets.
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Person
Uppalapu Nagamani
A Carnatic mandolin player who received the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for instrumental music.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person
Sangram Singh Suhas Bhandare
A performer of Warkari kirtan, the devotional singing tradition of Maharashtra, who received the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person
V. Durga Devi
A performer of karakattam, an old folk dance, who received the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Telangana
Perini Rajkumar
Raj Kumar Nayak organised Perini dance performances over 101 days across 31 districts of Telangana, reviving a dance dedicated to Shiva that flourished under the Kakatiyas. He is now known as Perini Rajkumar.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Manipur
Saikhom Surchandra Singh
A craftsman known for making the Meitei pung, a drum of Manipur, who received the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Uttarakhand
Pooran Singh
A folk musician with a disability who popularises Uttarakhand forms such as Rajula-Malushahi, Nyuli, Hudka Bol and Jagar, and has made many recordings of them.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Dulhedi, Bhiwani, Haryana
Yuva Swachhta Evam Janseva Samiti
Young people from Dulhedi village who reach Bhiwani at 4 every morning to clean different parts of the city, and have cleared tonnes of rubbish.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Kendrapara, Odisha
Kamala Moharana
She runs a self-help group whose women make baskets, mobile stands and other goods from used milk pouches and plastic packaging, earning an income while keeping waste out of the environment.
As described in Mann Ki Baat