09-12-2006, 02:14 AM
<b>Shabana 1st Indian to win Gandhi Peace Prize</b>
Indrani Mitra Roy | September 11, 2006 14:58 IST
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Shabana Azmi makes every Indian stand six inches taller </span>as she becomes the first Indian to receive the prestigious International Gandhi Peace Prize for her contribution in social work.
Previous recipients of this award include Nobel Laureates, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The award is granted by the London-based Gandhi Foundation. The actor's husband, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar, will accompany her to the award ceremony in London, where she will also deliver the annual Gandhi lecture at the House of Lords on October 26.
http://ia.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/11azm...?q=mp&file=.htm
Indrani Mitra Roy | September 11, 2006 14:58 IST
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>Shabana Azmi makes every Indian stand six inches taller </span>as she becomes the first Indian to receive the prestigious International Gandhi Peace Prize for her contribution in social work.
Previous recipients of this award include Nobel Laureates, the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The award is granted by the London-based Gandhi Foundation. The actor's husband, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar, will accompany her to the award ceremony in London, where she will also deliver the annual Gandhi lecture at the House of Lords on October 26.
http://ia.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/11azm...?q=mp&file=.htm