Author Dr S Padmapriya

 21st March is celebrated as World Poetry Day. Happy World Poetry Day!😁🙏

                                                             The above painting is by S. PADMAPRIYA  Happy Holi!! A Poem In tranquil days of early childhood, Sibling and I played joyfully, Fun games of  Colour Fest -Holi, With our friends in Pragathi Vihar -New Delhi, Unlimited fun with 'gubbaras' and 'pitchkaris', Small water balloons filled with myriad colours,  Colour water sprays and sprinklers, Taking by surprise and shock, The unsuspecting passersby, By the colours thrown on them, Watching with impish joy, The look of chagrin on their faces, Filling our young and carefree vagabond hearts, With scintillating happy ecstasies, Today on Holi, My mind is filled with happy memories. Of those mostly happy, carefree, delightful days, Days filled with simplicity, love and laughter, Ours was quite a happ...

  Our Own, Failed Us! Sweet child, our own failed us, We left our home states, In search of jobs to feed our hungry bellies, Our destinies twisted by lies of our own folk, We fled to feed our bodies and souls.. Our own failed us, dear child, We die a slow death because of our own... Our home states failed us, Our own failed us... We were left to fend for ourselves, Forced to seek jobs elsewhere, In other places, Far away from familiar sights, Smells, fragrances, feelings and fraternal ties, We almost forgot our mother tongue, We lost our sense of home and belonging, Shunted from place to place, Made migrant in our own land, As we worked in neighbouring states, Or in far away nooks and corners of, The vast land that we proudly call as Bharat, Building roads and houses, And what not for others... Abiding by our national pledge, 'All Indians are my brothers and sisters.' Our own kith and kin failed us, Our own homes and home states abandoned us, Leaving ...

  The Silent Days of February  The days of February, Are strangely silent, That's how I wish them to be. Not fast. Quite slow, Silent,  quaint, The air of February is filled, With warm breeze, sunny smiles, And new hopes, Filled with surreal memories, Of bygone days lived in harmony. Dr.S.Padmapriya 

 The Nālaṭiyār (Tamil: நாலடியார்) is a Tamil poetic work of didactic nature belonging to the Eighteen Lesser Texts (Patiṉeṇkīḻkaṇakku) anthology of Tamil literature. This belongs to the post Sangam period corresponding to between 100 and 500 CE. Nālaṭiyār contains 400 poems, each containing four lines. Every poem deals with morals and ethics, extolling righteous behaviour. Source: Internet 

 The following is the list of some famous litterateurs from Tamilnadu, Bharat  1. Thiruvalluvar wrote 'Thirukkural' 2. Ilango Adigal wrote 'Silappathikaram' 3. Kambar wrote 'Ramavatharam"  4. Subramaniya Bharathiyar was a great Poet and Short Story writer