A lasting image -Saalumarada Thimmakka, the Padma awardee 2019 blessing Kovind, the President of India-
L ast week I happened to see the below photograph released on FaceBook by the office of the President of India. As you know, “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder” . I found it genuinely beautiful. Saalumarada Thimmakka blessing Kovind, the President of India The photo shows the moment just after a barefooted venerable woman Saalumarada Thimmakka, an environmentalist from Karnataka received her “Padma Shri” award from Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India. Immediately, it came naturally to her to bless the President of India by placing her hands on his head. A deeply touched President commented the following: “Saalumarada Thimmakka represents the resilience and determination and perseverance of the ordinary Indian citizen, especially of women in our country. May her example, and that of every Padma awardee, inspire our India to greater heights “ Why I felt touched –just as the President of India - was because here you see an old, uneducated, childless wo