October 2, 2010

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INDIAN WOMEN ACTIVIST & WRITER ANURADHA SHARMA HONORED IN CANADA

Bharat Times, a prestigious monthly publication from Montreal, Canada, honored Dr. Anuradha Sharma with WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD at its annual banquette held on September 25th at Eveagreen Reception Hall in Montreal. The award was presented by the honorable Raymonde Folco, a Member of Parliament for Laval, Quebec, Canada.

Professor Sharma teaches English Literature at a college in Gujarat, India. She is a literary critic and writes poetry in English and also in Hindi. Her works have appeared in India and abroad. In addition to her teaching and writing, she helps as a volunteer to ameliorate the predicament of women in India, making them aware of their rights to be able to live with dignity. In spite of a fierce opposition from a section of the establishment, she continues to be in touch with women of every age and group to give them also moral help and personal counseling. The management of Bharat Times adores her beliefs that no nation can be called cultured in the true sense and cannot progress materially if the rights of women to survive with dignity are not properly recognized constitutionally and implemented vigorously.

In 2009, Bharat Times honored Dr. Sudhir Arora, a professor of English Literature, a literary critic and creative writer from India. The Award was presented by His Excellency the High Commissioner of India in Ottawa, S.M. Gavai.

Professor Anuradha Sharma has been invited by a number of associations of poets in Vancouver, BC., and has received the honor of a Doctorate of Humanity by an educational institution in Florida, USA. Professor Anuradha Sharma was introduced by Dr. Stephen Gill, a celebrated Indo-Canadian literary figure.

The Honourable Raymonde Folco also released ESSAYS ON THE POETRY OF STEPHEN GILL, edited by Dr. Shaleen Kumar Singh and released by Adhyayan Publishers in India. The book is a collection of fourteen essays which cover most of the themes of Stephen Gill’s poetry. Scholarly contributors are university and college teachers of English Literature.

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