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'''Neerja Madhav''' is an Indian author from [[Uttar Pradesh]], writing in [[Hindi]]. Madhav received 2021 [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]].<br />
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Madhav lives in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and writes in [[Hindi]].<ref name="GK">{{cite news |title=President confers Nari Shakti Puraskars on 29 women |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/front-page/president-confers-nari-shakti-puraskars-on-29-women |access-date=12 March 2022 |work=Greater Kashmir |date=8 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Her books include ''Yamdeep'' (2002), ''Geshe Jumpa'' (2006) and ''Diary of 5-Avarna Female Constable'' (2010).<ref name="Tatsat">{{cite news |last1=Kainthola |first1=Deepanshu |title=President Presents Nari Shakti Puraskar for the Years 2020, 2021 |url=https://tatsatchronicle.com/president-presents-nari-shakti-puraskar-for-the-years-2020-2021/ |access-date=12 March 2022 |work=Tatsat Chronicle Magazine |date=8 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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The novel ''Yamdeep'' is concerned with the [[Third_gender#Indic_culture|third gender]] and led Madhav to campaign for third gender rights.<ref name="TIP" /> The [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] eventually recognized the human rights of the third gender in 2014.<ref name="WaPo">{{cite news |last1=McCoy |first1=Terence |title=India now recognizes transgender citizens as 'third gender' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/15/india-now-recognizes-transgender-citizens-as-third-gender/ |access-date=12 March 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=15 April 2014}}</ref> ''Geshe Jumpa'' is about [[Tibetan refugees in India]] and is taught on the syllabus of the [[Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies]] in [[Varanasi]].<ref name="TIP">{{cite news |title=International Womens Day 2022: President presented Nari Shakti Puraskar to noted writer Neerja Madhav of Varanasi |url=https://www.theindiaprint.com/up-news-english/international-womens-day-2022-president-presented-nari-shakti-puraskar-to-noted-writer-neerja-madhav-of-varanasi-198182 |access-date=12 March 2022 |work=The India Print |date=8 March 2022 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> <br />
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Madhav was awarded the 2021 [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] in 2022 on [[International Women's Day]] by President [[Ram Nath Kovind]].<ref name="Drishti">{{cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh's Aarti Rana and Neerja Madhav Honored with 'Nari Shakti Puraskar' |url=https://www.drishtiias.com/state-pcs-current-affairs/uttar-pradeshs-aarti-rana-and-neerja-madhav-honored-with-nari-shakti-puraskar |access-date=12 March 2022 |work=Drishti IAS |date=9 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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