Padma Sachdev

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Padma Sachdev
Sachdev in 2018
Sachdev in 2018
Born(1940-04-17)April 17, 1940
Purmandal Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, British Raj
DiedAugust 4, 2021(2021-08-04) (aged 81)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationPoet, writer
LanguageDogri
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi; Padma Shri; Kabir Samman
SpouseVedpal Deep and later Surinder Singh (1966–2021)

Padma Sachdev (17 April 1940 – 4 August 2021) was an Indian poet and novelist. She was the first modern woman poet of the Dogri language.[1] She also wrote in Hindi. She published several poetry collections, including Meri Kavita Mere Geet (My Poems, My Songs), which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971.[2][3] She also received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award in 2001,[4] and the Kabir Samman for poetry for the year 2007-08 given by Government of Madhya Pradesh,[5] Saraswati Samman for the year 2015,[6][7] Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2019.[8]

Personal life and death

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Sachdev was born in a Baru Brahmin Family in Purmandal, Jammu on 17 April 1940.[9] She was the eldest of three children of a Sanskrit scholar, professor Jai Dev Badu, who was later killed during the partition of India in 1947. She first married Vedpal Deep and later married singer Surinder Singh of the musical duo "Singh Bandhu" in 1966.[10] She and Surinder Singh first lived in New Delhi, but later shifted to Mumbai.[2] She died on 4 August 2021 in Mumbai at the age of 81, leaving behind husband Surinder Singh and their daughter Meeta Sachdev.[11][12]

Career

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Sachdev worked in All India Radio, Jammu as an announcer since 1961. Here she met Surinder Singh, Hindustani vocalist of the Singh Bandhu musical duo, who was a duty officer at the time.[10] In the following years, she also worked with All India Radio, Mumbai.[2]

Sachdev won the Sahitya Akademi Award for her anthology Meri Kavita Mere Geet (transl. my poem my song) in 1969. Writing in the preface of the work, Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar noted "After reading Padma's poems I felt I should throw my pen away – for what Padma writes is true poetry." Her autobiography Boond Bawadi is considered a classic. Her book In Bin (transl. without them) addressed the under appreciated role played by domestic helps in Indian households.[13]

She wrote the lyrics of the song 'Mera chhota sa ghar baar' from the 1973 Hindi film by Ved Rahi "Prem Parbat" which had music by Jaidev. Thereafter, she wrote the lyrics of two songs of the 1978 Hindi film "Aankhin Dekhi", which had music by J.P. Kaushik including the famous duet "Sona re, tujhe kaise miloo" sung by Mohd Rafi and Sulakshana Pandit. She also wrote the lyrics along with Yogesh for the 1979 Hindi film "Saahas", which had music by Ameen Sangeet.[12]

She is also credited with influencing famous Indian singer, Lata Mangeshkar into singing dogri language songs (notably Tu malla tu, Bhala Sapaiyaa Dogreiya), which became quite a rage.

Works

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Source(s):[13]

  • Meri Kavita Mere Geet (1969)
  • Tavi Te Chanhan (Rivers Tawi and Chenab, 1976)
  • Nheriyan Galiyan (Dark Lanes, 1982)
  • Pota Pota Nimbal (Fingertipful Cloudless Sky, 1987)
  • Uttar Vahini (1992)
  • Tainthian (1997).[1][2]
  • Amrai (Hindi Interviews)
  • Diwankhana (Interviews)
  • Chith Chete (Memoirs)

Awards

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Source(s):[13]

Bibliography

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  • Naushin. Kitabghar, 1995.
  • Main Kahti Hun Ankhin Dekhi (Travelogue). Bharatiya Gyanpith, 1995.
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  • Amrai. Rajkamal Prakashan, 2000. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • Jammu Jo Kabhi Sahara Tha (Novel). Bharatiya Jnanpith, 2003. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • Phira kyā huā?, with Jnaneśvara, and Partha Senagupta. National Book Trust, 2007. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..

Translations

  • Where Has My Gulla Gone (Anthology). Prabhat Prakashan, 2009. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
  • A Drop in the Ocean: An Autobiography. tr. by Uma Vasudev, Jyotsna Singh. National Book Trust, India, 2011. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..

See also

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References

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Further reading

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