Minority Rights Award presented
Staff Reporter
Moment of pride: Justice Rajinder Sachar presenting National Minority Rights Award 2008 to Shabnam Hashmi and Inderjit Kaur (right) in New Delhi on Thursday.
NEW DELHI: Social workers Shabnam Hashmi and Dr. Inderjit Kaur were presented the National Minority Rights Award, instituted by the National Commission for Minorities, here on Thursday by Justice Rajinder Sachar.
Both the recipients were chosen for their outstanding contribution in safeguarding and promoting the constitutional and legal rights of the minorities in the country.
Dr. Kaur was chosen for her commitment in promoting the rights of minorities, communal harmony and human rights. Born in 1942, Dr. Kaur earned her MBBS degree from Government Medical College, Patiala. Recipient of Padma Bhushan and Excellence Among Sikhs Trophy instituted by the Sikh Council on Religion and Education, USA, Dr. Kaur has to her credit several awards.
Born in 1957, she has been working as a social worker for more than 25 years and started her work with an adult literacy campaign in 1981.
After the Gujarat riots in 2002, Ms. Hashmi has been working at the grass roots level focussing on victims of communal violence. Ms. Hashmi in 2003 set up ANHAD, an organisation that works in Kashmir.
