Wife’s pyre burning, he receives Padma Shri
The Hindu
Shantha succumbed to cancer on Tuesday morning while he was in Delhi to receive the award
Writer Balan Putheri, one of the recipients of the Padma Shri for 2021, could not smile when he accepted the honour from President Ramnath Kovind in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The pyre of his wife, Shantha Kadavath, still was smouldering when Mr. Balan received the award with trembling hands. Visually impaired for over a decade, Mr. Balan had wanted to have his wife beside him while accepting the biggest honour of his life.
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