Laila Tayebji among
19 women Padma award winners
Wednesday January 25, 2012 06:18:06 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Nineteen
women, including veteran actor Shabana Azmi and director Mira
Nair, have won this year's Padma awards announced Wednesday.
Azmi, Nair and educationist Vidya Dehejia are the three women in
the list of 27 Padma Bhushan award winners.
There are no women among the Padma Vibhushan winners.
Among the Padma Shri winners is woman fast bowler Jhulan Goswami,
Odissi dancer Minati Mishra, Lavani artist Yamunabai Waikar and
artist Laila Tayebji.
A total of 109 Padma awards have been announced this year,
comprising five Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma
Shri awards.
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