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Neerja Madhav is an Indian author from Uttar Pradesh, writing in Hindi. Madhav received 2021 Nari Shakti Puraskar.
Career
Madhav lives in Uttar Pradesh and writes in Hindi.[1] Her books include Yamdeep (2002), Geshe Jumpa (2006) and Diary of 5-Avarna Female Constable (2010).[2]
The novel Yamdeep is concerned with the third gender and led Madhav to campaign for third gender rights.[3] The Supreme Court eventually recognized the human rights of the third gender in 2014.[4] Geshe Jumpa is about Tibetan refugees in India and is taught on the syllabus of the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Varanasi.[3]
Madhav was awarded the 2021 Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2022 on International Women's Day by President Ram Nath Kovind.[5]
References
- "President confers Nari Shakti Puraskars on 29 women". Greater Kashmir. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- Kainthola, Deepanshu (8 March 2022). "President Presents Nari Shakti Puraskar for the Years 2020, 2021". Tatsat Chronicle Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- "International Womens Day 2022: President presented Nari Shakti Puraskar to noted writer Neerja Madhav of Varanasi". The India Print. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- McCoy, Terence (15 April 2014). "India now recognizes transgender citizens as 'third gender'". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- "Uttar Pradesh's Aarti Rana and Neerja Madhav Honored with 'Nari Shakti Puraskar'". Drishti IAS. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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