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Four Lucknow artistes get Sangeet Natak Akademi awards
President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards on four artistes from Lucknow at Vigyan Bhawan on Thursday. Ghazal singer Ustad Yugantar Sindoor and Kathak guru Pandit Rammohan Maharaj received the…
The Story in Brief
President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards on four artistes from Lucknow at Vigyan Bhawan on Thursday. Ghazal singer Ustad Yugantar Sindoor and Kathak guru Pandit Rammohan Maharaj received the 2025 award; theatre director Atamjit Singh got the 2024 award; and photographer Rakesh Sinha received the 2025 award.
Sindoor called it the fruit of five decades of dedication. Rammohan Maharaj, who teaches poor children free, dedicated the award to his ancestors. Atamjit Singh's son received on his behalf; he said his goal is to save Nautanki style from extinction. Sinha is only the second photographer to win this category since 1952.
The Indian Opinion
The awards rightly highlight living traditions like Kathak taught free to the poor at Lucknow’s Dyodhi. But the lazy narrative that government honours only go to Delhi or Mumbai elite falls flat here: the President herself gave the awards to practitioners from a tier-2 city. The test for the next year is how many more non-metro recipients make the list.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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