Author Dr S Padmapriya

 **Key Indian Tribal Literature  Novels & Authors**   *Kocharethi* : The Araya Woman by Narayan: Considered the first novel by a South Indian tribal author, it depicts the life and struggles of the Araya community.  *Paraja* by Gopinath Mohanty: A powerful depiction of the exploitation of the Paraja tribe in Odisha.    *Chotti Munda and His Arrow* by Mahasweta Devi: A fictionalized account of tribal resistance against colonial and post-colonial oppression.  *Angor* by Jacinta Kerketta: A contemporary collection of poetry and prose focusing on the Adivasi experience.    *Heer* : Aadivasi Mahila Sangharsh ki Gatha by Heer: Highlights the struggles of Adivasi women.  *Pahali Chingari:* A novel based on the first people's revolution of the Santhal tribe. Source: Internet

J.Jayalalithaa Benign like a flower, Powerful like a hundred-limbed river, This thousand-faced bower.   Lovely actress-dancer, A charming leader, Of oceans of betrayals and sufferings, A pain drinker.   They say, She could have done better, To blame than to do, Always easier.    Her life like the vicissitudes of life-river, Sometimes kind, sometimes cruel, Contained many lessons for ordinary mortals, As she rose to Goddess’s portals.

 *Types of imagery in literature*  Visual. Auditory. Olfactory. Gustatory. Tactile. Kinesthetic. Organic Synaesthetic  Source: Internet

  हे शिव! हे शिव, आपका स्मरण करके आज मैने, एक कविता, प्रयत्न किया है। मेरी गुस्ताखी को क्षमा करना, यह मेरी पहली हिन्दी कविता है। आप हो निर्भय, मै ठहरी एक इन्सान गृध्र, आप आसमान की ऊंचाई पर हो, मै बैठी  माला को हाथ में, आज महाशिवरात्रि है। आपके सिर में माँ गंगा है, हाथ में त्रिशूल है, मै तो मुखर हूँ, आप तो बात किए बिना, बात कर लेते हो। आज एक कविता प्रयत्न, किया है, आपके स्मरण में, मेरी गुस्ताखी को क्षमा करना, आज महाशिवरात्रि है। ‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍~डाँ॰एस्॰पद्मप्रीया

  Love Forever I breathe the same air that you do, I see the same stars that you do, I touch the same trees that you do, I share my home, the earth with you. I know our lips won’t kiss, Our hands won’t conjoin, Two will never be one, I know they never will. Yet, when we leave the earth, Your dust and mine will leave it together, They will intermingle like milk and honey, And remain so forever! S . Padmapriya 

  Sarojini Naidu – The Poetess & Politician by Dr.S. Padmapriya, Poetess & Educator, Chennai, India dr-s-padmapriya.com www.writerpadmapriya.blogspot.com   The general definition of poetry is that it is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language. According to the famous American poet, Robert Frost, ‘Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.’   In my opinion, ‘Poetry is the blossoming of aesthetically woven literary expressions crafted with rhythm in moments of spontaneously heightened consciousness.’ Poetry is an art form just like dance or music or sculpting or drama or cinema or painting.  A writer uses the canvas of words to communicate his ideas. One page of beautiful poetry can contain greater wisdom or meaning than a thousand pages of prose. This is because of the unique propensity of poetry to lend itself to multiple interpretations unlike prose. The second pr...