Image Of the Day: Barefoot Environmentalist Tulasi Gowda At Padma Awards

[Anta Assamey]

Barefoot Environmentalist Tulasi Gowda turned the center of attraction at the Padma Awards ceremony on Monday. Tulasi Gowda was conferred the prestigious Padma Shri Award for her contribution to the protection of the environment, but she won the hearts with her simplicity at the event.

Tulasi Gowda’s picture of herself greeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top ministers and digitaries at the event went super viral on the internet and it was captioned ‘Image of the Day’ on Twitter by many. Prime Minister Naredra Modi also posted the image on his Instagram.

Tulasi is 72-years-old tribal woman from Karnataka, belonging to Halakki indigenous tribe. She grew in a poor family and has no formal education.

She is known as the ‘Encyclopedia of the Forest’, as she has got a vast knowlegde of diverse species of plants and herbs. Shehas planted thousands of trees.

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2 hours ago, Anta Assamey said:

Barefoot Environmentalist Tulasi Gowda turned the center of attraction at the Padma Awards ceremony on Monday. Tulasi Gowda was conferred the prestigious Padma Shri Award for her contribution to the protection of the environment, but she won the hearts with her simplicity at the event.

Tulasi Gowda’s picture of herself greeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top ministers and digitaries at the event went super viral on the internet and it was captioned ‘Image of the Day’ on Twitter by many. Prime Minister Naredra Modi also posted the image on his Instagram.

Tulasi is 72-years-old tribal woman from Karnataka, belonging to Halakki indigenous tribe. She grew in a poor family and has no formal education.

She is known as the ‘Encyclopedia of the Forest’, as she has got a vast knowlegde of diverse species of plants and herbs. Shehas planted thousands of trees.

She used to be a daily wage worker initially and then permanent worker in forest department like many other tribals all around india… her job is to plant trees and work in nursery. She worked in forest department for 50yrs before retiring 12 years back. 
 

All tribals who work for forest department in growing and collecting produce should be recognised 

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