Neerja Madhav

Indian author

Neerja Madhav is an Indian author from Uttar Pradesh, writing in Hindi. Madhav received 2021 Nari Shakti Puraskar.

Career

Madhav lives in Uttar Pradesh and writes in Hindi.^[1] Her books include Yamdeep (2002), Geshe Jumpa (2006) and Diary of 5-Avarna Female Constable (2010).^[2]

The novel Yamdeep is concerned with the third gender and led Madhav to campaign for third gender rights.^[3] The Supreme Court eventually recognized the human rights of the third gender in 2014.^[4] Geshe Jumpa is about Tibetan refugees in India and is taught on the syllabus of the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies in Varanasi.^[3]

Madhav was awarded the 2021 Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2022 on International Women's Day by President Ram Nath Kovind.^[5]

References

^ "President confers Nari Shakti Puraskars on 29 women". Greater Kashmir. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ Kainthola, Deepanshu (8 March 2022). "President Presents Nari Shakti Puraskar for the Years 2020, 2021". Tatsat Chronicle Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "International Womens Day 2022: President presented Nari Shakti Puraskar to noted writer Neerja Madhav of Varanasi". The India Print. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ McCoy, Terence (15 April 2014). "India now recognizes transgender citizens as 'third gender'". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "Uttar Pradesh's Aarti Rana and Neerja Madhav Honored with 'Nari Shakti Puraskar'". Drishti IAS. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.