Javed Akhtar proud to get 'Shanti Doot' award
Mumbai
April 8,2018
Poet, litterateur, author, lyricist and activist Javed Akhtar has shut all
the trolls up by receiving the 'Shanti Doot' award by the Sankat Mochan Mandir
in Varanasi.
The award has been instituted a peace price to honour
exceptional messengers of peace. He received the honour on Friday.
Akhtar
said: "Sankat Mochan Mandir is undoubtedly the most revered Hanuman temple in
the country. A week-long 'sangeet samaaroh' is their 95-year-old tradition but
this is the first time that the temple management decided to give a 'Shanti
Doot' award.
"I am humbled that they have given this honour to me. On the
night of April 6, I received the trophy in the temple. I am deeply touched and
honoured."
The celebrated writer feels one such gesture of peace and
harmony countermands much of the vitriolic spread by hate-mongers.
"This
is our real India. Here all religious beliefs co-exist and those who try to
disrupt the harmony are effectively shut by those who champion peace," he said.
His proud wife Shabana Azmi said: "I think this 'Shanti Doot' award given by
one of the most revered temples of India is the most befitting reply to those
who troll Javed."
Mumbai
April 8,2018
Poet, litterateur, author, lyricist and activist Javed Akhtar has shut all
the trolls up by receiving the 'Shanti Doot' award by the Sankat Mochan Mandir
in Varanasi.
The award has been instituted a peace price to honour
exceptional messengers of peace. He received the honour on Friday.
Akhtar
said: "Sankat Mochan Mandir is undoubtedly the most revered Hanuman temple in
the country. A week-long 'sangeet samaaroh' is their 95-year-old tradition but
this is the first time that the temple management decided to give a 'Shanti
Doot' award.
"I am humbled that they have given this honour to me. On the
night of April 6, I received the trophy in the temple. I am deeply touched and
honoured."
The celebrated writer feels one such gesture of peace and
harmony countermands much of the vitriolic spread by hate-mongers.
"This
is our real India. Here all religious beliefs co-exist and those who try to
disrupt the harmony are effectively shut by those who champion peace," he said.
His proud wife Shabana Azmi said: "I think this 'Shanti Doot' award given by
one of the most revered temples of India is the most befitting reply to those
who troll Javed."
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