Meera Shankar

Meera Shankar (9 October 1950) served as India's Ambassador to the United States of America from 26 April, 2009 to 2011. She was India's second female ambassador to the United States of America, Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit being the first. She was succeeded by Nirupama Rao on August 1, 2011.

Shankar, an officer of the 1973 batch, was posted in Washington DC from 1991 to 1995. She succeeded Ambassador Ronen Sen.

Early Life and career

She studied at the reputed St.Mary's Convent in Nainital and joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1973. Meera Shankar served as Director in the Prime Minister’s Office from 1985 to 1991, and in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry from 1991 to 1995. While serving in the Ministry of External Affairs, she headed two important divisions dealing with the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and relations with Nepal and Bhutan.

Prior to 2009, she served as India's Ambassador in Berlin, Germany.

Shankar was the first serving diplomat to be posted in Washington in more than two decades after G.Shankar Bajpai.

Meera

Meera, also known as Mira Bai, was a 16th century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is celebrated as a poet and has been claimed by the North Indian Hindu tradition of Bhakti saints.

Meera was born into a royal family of Kurki district of Pali, Rajasthan, India. She is mentioned in Bhaktamal, confirming that she was widely known and a cherished figure in the Indian bhakti movement culture by about 1600 CE. Most legends about Meera mention her fearless disregard for social and family conventions, her devotion to god Krishna, her treating Krishna as her lover and husband, and she being persecuted by her in-laws for her religious devotion. She has been the subject of numerous folk tales and hagiographic legends, which are inconsistent or widely different in details.

Thousands of devotional poems in passionate praise of Lord Krishna are attributed to Meera in the Indian tradition, but just a few hundred are believed to be authentic by scholars, and the earliest written records suggest that except for two poems, most were written down only in the 18th century. Many poems attributed to Meera were likely composed later by others who admired Meera. These poems are commonly known as bhajans, and are popular across India. Hindu temples, such as in Chittorgarh fort, are dedicated to Mira Bai's memory. Legends about Meera's life, of contested authenticity, have been the subject of movies, comic strips and other popular literature in modern times.

Meera (actress)

Irtiza Rubab (born 12 May 1977), better known by her stage name Meera, is a Pakistani film actress, television presenter, model and leading philanthropist. She made her movie debut in 1995, but earned nationwide critical acclaim in 1999 for her lead performance in Khilona (1996–97). For her acting in Khilona she won her first Nigar Award and received significant praise for her work. With the release of Inteha, another critical and commercial success, Meera won the second consecutive Nigar Award for Best Actress of the year for her break-out performance. In 2004, she played a prominent role in Salakhain which lifted her image internationally. In 2005, she acted in a joint Indo-Pakistani film, Nazar with which she debuted in Bollywood.

In 2013 election she announced to launch herself in Pakistani Politics but later she stepped back nominating her mother as candidate for national assembly reserved seat(which her mother lost by taking 100 votes only). after this she announced to build a health trust for which she is still unsuccessful.

Meera (Tamil series)

Meera or Meera - Oru Kanni Thai (Tamil: மீரா) is an Tamil soap opera that aired on Vijay TV. The show premiered on 6 September 2010. It airs Monday through Friday at 8:00PM IST. The show starring by Madhurai and Saravanan Meenatchi serial Fame Sreeja acting Female lead role. The serial is directed and produced by Kavita Bharathi, Cinematography is by Martin and Hari Krishna scores the music for the same. The show last aired on 3 December 2010 and ended with 64 episodes. The story talks about Meera who's a kind hearted, soft spoken woman hailing from a Brahmin family.

Cast

International broadcast

In United Kingdom Tamil Channel on Global Tamil Vision.

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