Author Dr S Padmapriya

 Year 2000  A Memoir  It was a chilly day in the first week of February 2000, when my parents returned home with downcast eyes and troubled faces from The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. My amma had not been keeping well for some time. She was suffering from excruciating pain in the hip bone region. The doctors at AIIMS had diagnosed her problem as Tuberculosis in the hip region of her body.   Earlier in 1999, a nincompoop doctor from a well known nursing home at Chennai had handed over a wrong diagnosis of arthritis to my mother and had given her anti-inflammatory medicines, which my mother did not fail to consume regularly but to no avail.    Appa said that he was taking amma to Chennai for treatment. We all agreed that it was the most logical thing to do. After all, Chennai had warm weather and there would more family support available to my mother. We realised that the winter weather of Delhi had almost killed her.    My mother gave me some cash and told me to g

 Memoir A memoir is any nonfiction narrative writing based on the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobiography since the late 20th century, the genre is differentiated in form, presenting a narrowed focus. A biography or autobiography tells the story "of a life", while a memoir often tells the story of a particular event or time, such as touchstone moments and turning points from the author's life. The author of a memoir may be referred to as a memoirist or a memorialist. Source: Wikipedia

   *Navarathri* Nine nights, Of splendour, Embedded in the psyche and reality, Of the India Wonder! Three Goddesses are propitiated, Durga, Saraswathi and Lakshmi, To fulfil our needs, We pray to the trinity. On Ayudha puja*, Tools and equipments, All are given rest,  For the work they do, On other days of the year, When they put in their best. On Saraswathi puja,* The Goddess of learning is eulogised, The Epitome of knowledge is our pride, Books are granted freedom for a day, To all people especially children, It feels like a wonderful holiday. Durga Pujo* is done in a manner, Best possible by our Bengali brethren, The prowess of Kali ma is uncountable, The human power is infinitesimal! Vijayadashami* is a memorable day, For when all culminates then people say, ‘Start to do the new, They will bear wings, All your dreams will come true, There is much work to do'. Dr.S.Padmapriya

 Contrition Standing before all, Like a decadent tree, Apologetic, penitent, Worn out - sans leaves, flowers Or fruits....a struggling life pushing  And pulling against myriad forces, Beyond human control! In a state of perennial contrition, The human life filled with countless Moments of mind wrenching choices, Denials, discoveries and deviations... Just as one believes, That we may have just made it, We struggle from the beginning, Like a king who has lost to a pawn, On the chessboard of lives, As the Gods play... And smile sans contrition. Still we continue to twinkle, Though it may just be a blink, In the experience of the cosmos, That our lives are insufficient, In the blissful games of the Gods, Who deny mortals, contrition And sometimes even compassion, But why blame those above us for  Their contrition or lack of it, Pawns though we might be, Still have a chance, To take over kingdoms, On the intriguing Human chessboard?! Dr.S.Padmapriya  10th February 2020

  உலக தொலைநோக்கு பார்வையாளர் - பண்டிட் தீன் தயாள் உபாத்யாயா ஜி    ‘ ஏகத்ம் மானவ்வாத் ’ அல்லது ‘ ஒருங்கிணைந்த மனிதநேயம் ’ என்ற கருத்தின் ஆதரவாளர்     Dr.S. பத்மப்ரியா , ஆசிரியர் & சிந்தனையாளர் , சென்னை   ' தீன் தயாள் உபாத்யாயா ஜி ' என்ற பெயர் , இந்தியத் துணைக் கண்டத்தில் பெரிய மற்றும் கௌரவமான உணர்வுகளைத் தூண்டுகிறது . எல்லாவற்றிற்கும் மேலாக , உலக வரலாற்றில் அதிக எண்ணிக்கையிலான ஆதரவாளர்களுடன் உலகின் மிகப்பெரிய அரசியல் கட்சியாக உருவான தற்போதைய பாரதிய ஜனதா கட்சியின் முன்னோடியான பாரதிய ஜன சங்கத்தின் மிக முக்கியமான தலைவர்களில் ஒருவராக இருந்தார் . பல ஆண்டுகள் பாரதிய ஜனசங்கத்தின் பொதுச் செயலாளராகவும் , சில காலம் பாரதிய ஜனசங்கத்தின் தலைவராகவும் இருந்தார் . பாரதிய ஜனசங்கம் 1950 களில் இந்தியாவில் ஒரு சக்திவாய்ந்த அரசியல் மாற்றாக உருவானது . பண்டிட் தீன் தயாள் உபாத்யாயா ஜி ஒரு உலக தொலைநோக்கு பார்வையாளராக இருந்தார் , அவர் ' ஏகாத்ம் மனித தர்ஷன் ' அல்லது ' ஒருங்கிணைந்த மனிதநேயம் ' என்ற