Author Haroon Rashid Bestowed With UN Karmaveer Chakra Award

Author Haroon Rashid has been honoured with the United Nations Karmaveer Chakra Award for his contribution to literature, art, culture and heritage across the globe.

The prestigious Karmaveer Chakra Award conferred by the International Confederation of NGOs (iCONGO) in collaboration with the United Nations is a tribute to A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India. It recognises individuals globally for their relentless courage across various fields. Its past awardees are Dr. Verghese Kurien (The Father of the White Revolution), Major General R.S. Pannu, Film Director Subhash Ghai and many more.

Rashid from Jammu and Kashmir, a writer, speaker, poet, artist and National Vice Chairman Youth India at Mother Teresa International Foundation (representing 65 countries) was recently honoured with the globally acclaimed Karmaveer Chakra Award & Karmaveer Global Fellowship on at Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad.

Rashid is a world-famous author, and has written 'We Fell Asleep In One World And Woke Up In Another’ and 'Author Haroon Rashid Quotes'. Almost every soul including prominent global celebrities from Hollywood, Bollywood, the art field, the music field, the sports field on their social media platforms and fund-raising events shared his most revered work 'We Fell Asleep In One World And Woke Up In Another’ aka The Earth Poem that became a rage and one of the most celebrated and quoted literary work during the covid times.

Known for the magic of his words, his many works have been translated into many languages including Spanish, French, German, Arabic, African, Indonesian, Chinese, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, Kannada, Tamil, Sanskrit, Mexican, Bolivian and so on. Amongst his other world-famous writings are ‘Time and its perspectives’, 'Suicide Poem', 'Come Back from The Heaven', ‘Skin’, 'Will Meet Again', 'Human Trafficking', 'Humanity Poem', 'Faith', 'Mother', 'Spiritual Love', 'The World', 'Human in Uniform', 'Get Up', 'Meet A Person' so on along with endless quotes.

For his contribution to literary works, he has also been bestowed with numerous recognitions and accolades, some of them being the Sir Richard Francis Burton award (awarded to the greatest personalities in the world within the framework of 21 September and 26 September, European Day of Languages, signed by the Presidents representing the 5 continents), the Global Peace Award 2022 at Mother Teresa International Foundation, the Honorary Award in recognition of his Excellence in Literature and Arts on the occasion of the 59th year of Independence for Trinidad and Tobago 2021 and being invited for famous interview shows including the Oprah Winfrey Show (featured in the Oprah Magazine).

While receiving the United Nations Karmaveer Chakra Award, he reinstated upon the importance of sustainability quoting, “One should never forget the fact that it's our responsibility to create a better world for our future generations."