Mumbai: The second annual Harmony Silver awards will be given away to 10 silver achievers who have overcome age constraints to contribute positively to the society by Octogenarian filmmaker Dev Anand here tomorrow.

The award includes cash prize of Rs 51,000 and a citation each. The function would be at the Ravindra Natya Mandir in central Mumbai. Dev Anand is the chief guest.

Addressing a press conference here, Chairperson of the Harmony for Silvers Foundation Tina Ambani said senior citizens have been named as silvers because they are rich in experience and silvers is the most dignified manner of addressing them.

The silver winners are Lakshman Singh of Lapodiya, Rajasthan for being a water warrior, Mandakini Dravid from Pune for proving that age is no barrier to education, Hardev Singh Sawhney for adopting silvers in his neighbourhood, Hasnat Mansoor from Bangalore for awakening Muslim women to their potential, Baba Adhav from Pune for bringing dignity to labour.

Brother Brendan Maccarthaigh from Kolkata will bag the award for trying to eliminate suffering from Indian classroom, Hirabaiben Lobi from Junagadh, Guajrat for giving backward communities a future and Kambel Chulai of Meghalaya for making a low-cost crematorium that runs on firewood.

Parthibhai Bhatol of Ahmedabad would be honoured with the award for being the first farmer in the country to lead the Gujarat co-operative milk marketing federation, Subhasini Mistry of Hanspukur, West Bengal for bringing health facilities to the poor.

Ambani said the Foundation s magazine Harmony had shortlisted 25 probables from different parts of the country out of which a five-member jury including actor Om Puri and MP Priya Dutt selected the ten winners.
Source : PTI