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== Works ==
== Works ==
''Meri Kavita Mere Geet'' (1969)
*''Meri Kavita Mere Geet'' (1969)


''Tavi Te Chanhan'' (Rivers Tawi and Chenab, 1976)
*''Tavi Te Chanhan'' (Rivers Tawi and Chenab, 1976)


''Nheriyan Galiyan'' (Dark Lanes, 1982)
*''Nheriyan Galiyan'' (Dark Lanes, 1982)


''Pota Pota Nimbal'' (Fingertipful Cloudless Sky, 1987)
*''Pota Pota Nimbal'' (Fingertipful Cloudless Sky, 1987)


''Uttar Vahini'' (1992)
*''Uttar Vahini'' (1992)


''Tainthian'' (1997).<ref name="Shahitya" /><ref name="mathur" />
*''Tainthian'' (1997).<ref name="Shahitya" /><ref name="mathur" />


''Amrai'' (Hindi Interviews)
*''Amrai'' (Hindi Interviews)


''Diwankhana'' (Interviews)
*''Diwankhana'' (Interviews)


''Chith Chete'' (Memoirs)
*''Chith Chete'' (Memoirs)


==Awards==
==Awards==

Revision as of 10:29, 5 August 2021

Padma Sachdev
Sachdev in 2018
Sachdev in 2018
Born(1940-04-17)17 April 1940
Purmandal Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, British Raj
Died4 August 2021(2021-08-04) (aged 81)
Mumbai
OccupationPoet, writer
LanguageDogri language
NationalityIndian
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] Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2019.[7]

Personal life and death

Padma Sachdev was born in Purmandal, Jammu on 17 April 1940.[8] 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 famous Dogri poet Vedpal Deep and later married singer Surinder Singh of the musical duo "Singh Bandhu" in 1966.[9] 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.[10][11]

Career

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.[9] In the following years, she also worked with All India Radio, Mumbai.[2]

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.[11]

Works

  • 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)
  • Amrai (Hindi Interviews)
  • Diwankhana (Interviews)
  • Chith Chete (Memoirs)

Awards

Bibliography

  • Naushin. Kitabghar, 1995.
  • Main Kahti Hun Ankhin Dekhi (Travelogue). Bharatiya Gyanpith, 1995.
  • *Bhatko nahin Dhananjay. Bharatiya Gyanpith, 1999. ISBN 8126301309.
  • Amrai. Rajkamal Prakashan, 2000. ISBN 8171787649.
  • Jammu Jo Kabhi Sahara Tha (Novel). Bharatiya Jnanpith, 2003. ISBN 8126308869.
  • Phira kyā huā?, with Jnaneśvara, and Partha Senagupta. National Book Trust, 2007. ISBN 8123750420.

Translations

See also

References

  1. ^ a b George, p. 522
  2. ^ a b c d Mathur, p. 182
  3. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Award". Official website. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Rashtriya Mahatma Gandhi Award to be given to Seva Bharti". 10 August 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  6. ^ India, Press Trust of (12 April 2016). "Jammu-born poet Padma Sachdev gets Saraswati Samman". Business Standard India. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Padma Sachdev conferred Akademi's highest honour". DailyExcelsior. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Padamshree Padma Sachdev". DailyExcelsior. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ a b "Song of the Singhs". The Hindu. 6 May 2004. Archived from the original on 5 July 2004. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Eminent Dogri Poet Padma Sachdev dies at 81, Jitendra Singh mourns". United News of India. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Dogri Poet Padma Sachdev Is No More". Kashmir Life. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Padma Sachdev conferred with Dinu Bhai Pant Life Time Award". DailyExcelsior. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ ANI (7 March 2016). "Dogri poetess Padma Sachdev awarded Krutitava Smagra Samman". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

Further reading

External links

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