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 mo...

 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