Better late than never. Every year awards are given. There are quite a big number of individuals who deserve such honor. all cannot be so honored in a year. The recipients should accept the honor gracefully rather than accusing why this was not awarded earlier. I feel that government follows certain procedure while giving such awards.

I too feel that she should have accepted the award gracefully and have her say as well, because what she says does make sense to a great extent...

The issue is that nobody can be judge for oneself. Anyone may be very good singer or writer or anything but this is not for him to judge. There is always some authority to judge and act. In the matter of awards, it is central government who decides and gives award by following certain procedure. The decision may not always be very correct but it is not appropriate to challenge the authority of government in this regard. Moreover, there are quite a good number of eligible individuals in every field and there can always be difference of opinion in such matters. Talent cannot be measured same way as you measure length of a building.

Better late than never. Every year awards are given. There are quite a big number of individuals who deserve such honor. all cannot be so honored in a year. The recipients should accept the honor gracefully rather than accusing why this was not awarded earlier. I feel that government follows certain procedure while giving such awards.

I too feel that she should have accepted the award gracefully and have her say as well, because what she says does make sense to a great extent...

Better late than never. Every year awards are given. There are quite a big number of individuals who deserve such honor. all cannot be so honored in a year. The recipients should accept the honor gracefully rather than accusing why this was not awarded earlier. I feel that government follows certain procedure while giving such awards.

I too feel that she should have accepted the award gracefully and have her say as well, because what she says does make sense to a great extent...

The issue is that nobody can be judge for oneself. Anyone may be very good singer or writer or anything but this is not for him to judge. There is always some authority to judge and act. In the matter of awards, it is central government who decides and gives award by following certain procedure. The decision may not always be very correct but it is not appropriate to challenge the authority of government in this regard. Moreover, there are quite a good number of eligible individuals in every field and there can always be difference of opinion in such matters. Talent cannot be measured same way as you measure length of a building.

I agree with you. I remember to have seen the veteran singer Usha Uthoop receive one such award too late in her life. Well, it wasn't a Padma award. I think it was Filmfare or Screen. I don't remember it clearly. But I remember to have heard the lady say that she got the award after around 4 decades of her singing. All the people stood up to applaud her.

Better late than never. Every year awards are given. There are quite a big number of individuals who deserve such honor. all cannot be so honored in a year. The recipients should accept the honor gracefully rather than accusing why this was not awarded earlier. I feel that government follows certain procedure while giving such awards.

I too feel that she should have accepted the award gracefully and have her say as well, because what she says does make sense to a great extent...

Ushaji you are right. South Indians are not given that much preference as North Indians even in the case of Dada Phalke Award.
yet, Music is a blessing of God that singers give it to music lovers. it's an act with purity with less expectations. So awards are not the criteria to decide if a person is worth or not. she should have accepted it.
let me add one more thing....after Chitra, she is my most favourite South Indian singer. But if I compare songs sung by these two, golden melodies sung by Janaki in 80's are really marvellous. if I choose 10 best Malayalam songs of my favourite, no doubt at least 5 or 6 will surely belong to Janaki
Malayalam Songs of 80's surely make me mad, particularly solo numbers of Janaki amma (she is commonly called so) ...everrgreen decade of tunes :)