4-tiered global honour for Shabana-Javed...Wharton Rejects Narendra Modi, Welcomes Shabana-Javed

The Wharton School Of The University Of Pennyslvania has said no a lecture by Narendra Modi. However Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar are proceeding to the prestigious forum for a lecture. But before that, the couple are currently at Cambridge University in London and the London School Of African & Asian Studies this week to address students. Speaking from London Shabana said, “We’re here to lecture at the two prestigious universities. At the London School Of African & Asian Studies we’re addressing students on the topic of, can cinema be used as an instrument for social change with special emphasis on the portrayal of women in our films. At Cambridge University we are lecturing on women, cinema and poetry. I am also getting an honorary fellowship at the students wing of the London School Of Economic.” At the London School Of Economics Shabana and Javed will be honoured for the inspirational work done in films and as agents of social change. The cherry on the icing would be the lecture at Wharton later in the month. “It’s a good time for us to feel happy with our lives,” jokes Shabana.