Doordarshan News anchor Neelum Sharma, who received the 'Nari Shakti' award in March, this year, died on Saturday after battling cancer. Netizens took to Twitter to offer condolences.
Neelum
Sharma,
who
was
associated
with
Doordarshan
(DD)
News
for
20
years,
died
on
Saturday
(August
17)
at
the
age
of
50.
The
journalist,
who
received
the
'Nari
Shakti'
award
in
March
this
year,
was
apparently
battling
cancer.
On
behalf
of
the
organisation,
Prasar
Bharati
CEO
Shashi
Shekhar
offered
condolences
to
the
bereaved
family
members.
DD
News
mourned
the
loss
of
the
veteran
anchor
and
tweeted,
"#DDNews
mourns
passing
away
of
our
dear
Colleague
Neelum
Sharma.
A
founding
anchor
with
over
20
years
of
association
with
#ddnews,
she
played
a
stellar
role
in
many
capacities.
From
'Badi
Charcha'
to
'Tejasvini'
her
path
breaking
progs
won
accolades
including
Nari
Shakti
Award."
-
(sic).
Prasar
Bharati
Chairman
A
Surya
Prakash
also
tweeted,
"We
have
lost
our
'Tejaswini'."
-
(sic)
Netizens
Offered
Mourned
The
Loss
Of
The
Veteran
News
Anchor:
@Miteshspeaks:
She
was
epitome
of
grace.
She
deserves
padma
shri
for
Journalism
in
my
opinion.
Om
shanti.
-
(sic)
Smita
Goswami:
One
of
my
favourite
news
anchor
of
the
90's.
Condolences
to
the
bereaved
family
and
the
entire
#DDNews
team.
Om
Shanti
-
(sic)
@Patelsiddhnat
&
@RahulGa35742224
@patelsiddhant_:When
i
was
a
kid
i
used
to
hate
watching
news,
Everyone
hates
but
still
whatever
news
i
saw,
She
was
there
on
TV
most
of
the
times.
We'll
miss
you
#NeelumSharma
ji.
RIP.
-
(sic)
@RahulGa35742224:
Mam
I
can
not
forget
you
ever
My
childhood
memories
is
connected
with
you
mam.Mam
you
are
first
anchor
whom
I
watched
and
remembered
forever#NeelumSharma.
-
(sic)
Gaganp
"#neelumsharma
only
kids
born
In
90's
can
know
what
she
bring
as
anchor
as
her
voice
n
style
.
Cable
was
not
much
those
days
in
rural
areas
so
used
to
watch
news
on
DD
.
One
page
from
childhood
is
gone
#RIPNeelumSharma."
-
(sic)
Dinesh
Purohit
"Deeply
saddened
to
hear
about
the
demise
of
DD
News
Iconic
Anchor
#NeelumSharma
Ji.
She
has
won
Nari
Shakti
Puraskaar.
Heartfelt
condolences
to
her
family.
May
her
soul
rest
in
peace."
-
(sic)
@samsamudrawar
"In
my
school
days,
we
didn't
have
a
cable
TV.
So
used
to
watch
DD
National
and
DD
News,
and
a
significant
part
of
my
life
was
spent
watching
her
on
daily
news.
Saddened
to
hear
about
her
demise.
Rip
#NeelumSharma."
-
(sic)
#DDNews
mourns
passing
away
of
our
dear
Colleague
Neelum
Sharma.
A
founding
anchor
with
over
20
years
of
association
with
#ddnews,
she
played
a
stellar
role
in
many
capacities.
From
'Badi
Charcha' to
'Tejasvini'
her
path
breaking
progs
won
accolades
including
Nari
Shakti
Award
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