“I’ve been working for past 50 years without expecting any reward”: Why this 75-year-old conductor was awarded the Padma Shri
In a remote village of Karnataka, where the fields stretch golden under the sun, one man’s obsession with books has rewritten the rules of legacy. Anke Gowda, a 75-year-old former bus conductor, stands tall among India’s 131 Padma Awardees for 2026. He has been conferred the honour not for glamour or valor or power, but…