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1974 – MSS
selected to
receive the
Ramon Magsasey
Award for public
service
"Citation
by the Magsaysay
Award Foundation
- Excerpt" In April 1944,
after five
successful
benefit
performances
given for the
Memorial Fund
honoring
Gandhi's wife, Kasturba,
SUBBULAKSHMI 's
voice became an
instrument for
public causes.
Receipts of
concert
halls—filled to
overflowing—and
open
amphitheaters—often
packed with tens
of thousands
paying only four
annas each
(three U.S.
cents) so as to
deny no one the
joy of her
songs—have been
given to
constructive
works.
Equivalent to
over one million
U.S. dollars,
her
contributions
have benefited
foundations for
the poor,
hospitals,
orphanages,
schools, and
music and
journalism
institutes.
While becoming
the idol of
millions, this
lady has
remained deeply
religious,
unpretentious
and almost
childlike in her
simplicity.
In electing
Srimati M. S.
SUBBULAKSHMI to
receive the 1974
Ramon Magsaysay
Award for Public
Service, the
Board of
Trustees
recognizes her
exalting
rendition of
devotional song
and magnanimous
support of
numerous public
causes in India
over four
decades.""
The Sari and the Fan
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The astonishing
difference
between two
famous women
Second Thoughts
/ Githa
Hariharan
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Receiving
the
Ramon
Magsaysay
Award |
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At the
Philippines
for
receiving
the
Magsaysay
Award |
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MS with
the
other
recipients
of the
Sangeet
Natak
Akademi
Fellowship
in 1974 |
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