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6 ‘Heroes of Asia’ feted at 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Awards

Edit The Jakarta Post 01 Sep 2016
Thodur Madabusi Krishna, India. Hailing from an elite family, Thodur Madabusi Krishna inherited a rich musical tradition called Karnatik music, and as he shared his passion with his fellow Brahmins (ruling class in the Indian caste system), he noticed that impoverished Indians were prohibited from enjoying this genre of art....

Volunteerism, restoring human dignity exemplify 2016 Ramon Magsaysay awardees

Edit Topix 31 Aug 2016
This year's awardees are. Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales , the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers , Bezwada Wilson , Dompet Dhuafa , Vientiane Rescue , and Thodur Madabusi Krishna ... ....

Bezwada Wilson, T.M. Krishna receive Magsaysay award

Edit The Hindu 31 Aug 2016
Two Indians — Carnatic singer T.M ... Mr ... “In electing Thodur Madabusi Krishna to receive the 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, the board of trustees recognises his forceful commitment as artist and advocate to art’s power to heal India’s deep social divisions, breaking barriers of caste and class to unleash what music has to offer not just for some but for all,” the citation said. Mr ... ....

Bezwada Wilson, TM Krishna receive Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016

Edit DNA India 31 Aug 2016
--> Wed, 31 Aug 2016-08.25pm , PTI ... "In electing Thodur Madabusi Krishna to receive the 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, the board of trustees recognises his forceful commitment as artist and advocate to art's power to heal India's deep social divisions, breaking barriers of caste and class to unleash what music has to offer not just for some but for all," the citation said ... ....

Dompet Dhuafa wins 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Award

Edit The Jakarta Post 28 Jul 2016
Indonesian philanthropic organization Dompet Dhuafa has been named one of six recipients of this year’s prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, which honors leadership in solving society’s most intractable problems ... 31 in Manila ... Indian artist Thodur Madabusi Krishna has been chosen to receive the emerging leadership award for “his forceful commitment as an artist and advocate of art’s power to heal India’s deep social divisions” ... ....

Magsaysay for two Indians for 'transforming' society

Edit The Times of India 27 Jul 2016
NEW DELHI ... "In electing Thodur Madabusi Krishna to receive the 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, the board of trustees recognises his forceful commitment as artist and advocate to art's power to heal India's deep social divisions, breaking barriers of caste and class to unleash what music has to offer not just for some but for all," the citation said ... Click here to download it for your device. RELATED....

TM Krishna, Bezwada Wilson from India among those honoured with Magsaysay Award 2016

Edit DNA India 27 Jul 2016
--> dna Web Team . Wed, 27 Jul 2016-10.50am , dna webdesk. Two Indians, Thodur Madabusi (TM) Krishna and Bezwada Wilson , are among four individuals and two organisation cited for the prestigious 2016 Magsaysay Award. Born in 1976, TM Krishna has been recognised for ensuring social inclusiveness in culture ... dna Web Team. ....

Activist Bezwada Wilson, Carnatic singer T M Krishna win Magsaysay Award

Edit Deccan Chronicle 27 Jul 2016
Manila ... "In electing Thodur Madabusi Krishna to receive the 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, the board of trustees recognises his forceful commitment as artist and advocate to art's power to heal India's deep social divisions, breaking barriers of caste and class to unleash what music has to offer not just for some but for all," the citation said ... ....

Indonesia's Dompet Dhuafa among 2016 Ramon Magsaysay awardees 

Edit The Jakarta Post 27 Jul 2016
The foundation will formally confer the awards on Aug. 31 in Manila ... Indian artist Thodur Madabusi Krishna has been chosen to receive the emergent leadership award for "his forceful commitment as artist and advocate to art's power to heal India's deep social divisions." Born to a privileged Bhramin family in Chennai in 1976, he was trained in aristocratic Karnatic music that has become almost exclusive to the elite ... ....

Bezwada Wilson, T M Krishna win Ramon Magsaysay Award

Edit Deccan Herald 27 Jul 2016
"Manual scavenging is blight on humanity in India ... "In electing Thodur Madabusi Krishna to receive the 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, the board of trustees recognises his forceful commitment as artist and advocate to art's power to heal India's deep social divisions, breaking barriers of caste and class to unleash what music has to offer not just for some but for all," it said ... ....

Two Indians among Magsaysay awardees

Edit The Times of India 27 Jul 2016
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Carnatic music exponent T.M ... "In electing Thodur Madabusi Krishna to receive the 2016 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, the board of trustees recognizes his forceful commitment as artist and advocate to art's power to heal India's deep social divisions, breaking barriers of caste and class to unleash what music has to offer not just for some but for all," reads Krishna's citation ... --IANS ... RELATED....

Two Indians among six Magsaysay winners

Edit Khaleej Times 25 Jul 2016
The other recipients named on Wednesday are an emergency aid provider in Laos, an Indonesian Muslim philanthropy group, an Indian musician and a Japanese volunteer group ... Indian artist Thodur Madabusi Krishna has been chosen to receive the emergent leadership award for "his forceful commitment as artist and advocate to art's power to heal India's deep social divisions" ... Bezwada Wilson (India. ... Thodur Madabusi Krishna (india). ... ... ... ....

Rage Against the Machine

Edit Indian Express 31 Dec 2015
A still from Sofia Ashraf’s Kodaikanal Won’t video. TM Krishna. On October 10, this year, Carnatic classical vocalist Thodur Madabusi Krishna wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemning violence, in the wake of Dadri lynching and the killings of MM Kalburgi, Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare ... Not many of his predecessors from the world of classical music had made political statements such as these ... Dhruv Ghanekar....
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