Mangaluru / Karwar: Tulsi Gowda, 72, known as the “Encyclopedia of the Forest” and 65-year-old orange seller Harekala Hajbaa Known as the “Saint of Letters”, received the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honor President Ram Nath Kovind.
They are 61. were among Padma Shri Award Winner Grabbing the nation’s attention for the year 2020, her humility in walking barefoot to receive the award, her picture with Kovind and PM Modi won millions of hearts after it went viral.
“How can I do that?” Harekala Hajba humbly had a rhetorical reply to the question of why he went barefoot to receive the Padma Shri Award 2020 from the President. Hajabba, who earlier could not even buy a pair of shoes to protect his feet, has been seen donating for the past few years. But what took the nation by surprise was the fact that he was walking barefoot on the podium to receive the award. “You have been a witness to my background as to who/where I come from. I am an ordinary person, whose background is not born in a non-described village called Harekala. Such a person goes on to receive the highest civilian honour, and who Does I sit there watching? President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Home Minister and many dignitaries. Then suddenly thoughts of my parents came to my mind. I remember them as people who have proper There was no clothes, no shoes and could hardly even afford food for two times. So how could I not walk barefoot along with the Prime Minister, the Vice President and all the dignitaries to receive such a huge honor from the President himself,” Hajba said all humbly.
They are 61. were among Padma Shri Award Winner Grabbing the nation’s attention for the year 2020, her humility in walking barefoot to receive the award, her picture with Kovind and PM Modi won millions of hearts after it went viral.
“How can I do that?” Harekala Hajba humbly had a rhetorical reply to the question of why he went barefoot to receive the Padma Shri Award 2020 from the President. Hajabba, who earlier could not even buy a pair of shoes to protect his feet, has been seen donating for the past few years. But what took the nation by surprise was the fact that he was walking barefoot on the podium to receive the award. “You have been a witness to my background as to who/where I come from. I am an ordinary person, whose background is not born in a non-described village called Harekala. Such a person goes on to receive the highest civilian honour, and who Does I sit there watching? President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Home Minister and many dignitaries. Then suddenly thoughts of my parents came to my mind. I remember them as people who have proper There was no clothes, no shoes and could hardly even afford food for two times. So how could I not walk barefoot along with the Prime Minister, the Vice President and all the dignitaries to receive such a huge honor from the President himself,” Hajba said all humbly.
Tulsi belongs to the Halakki indigenous tribe Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka
While Hajba’s own illiterate status opened his eyes to the plight of the children in his village, Tulsi, who also had no formal education, learned from his mother and nature and used his instincts to protect the environment. Both are heroes in themselves who contributed to the society without any awards.
Tulsi belongs to the Halakki indigenous tribe in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. When she was just 12 years old, she gained immense knowledge about plants while working with her mother. Now 60 years later, he has planted over 30,000 saplings and is involved in environmental protection.
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