“The one who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though they have never expressed a verse in all their life.”
This line signifies the famous poetess Padma Sachdev and an Indian writer who has also been an announcer at All India Radio since 1961. Being the first novelist in Dogri Language of the Modern era, she also explored writing Hindi novels which include Amrai, Diwankhana, Tainthian, and many more incredible creations. Unfortunately, she survived from 17th Apr 1940 till 4th Aug 2021 and is no more among us but she's still in the million hearts through her fascinating poems and novels. Even at the age of 81, she seemed so energetic and enthusiastic during conferences and meet-ups. Born and raised in a small town of Jammu named Purmandal, she was the eldest of three children of a Sanskrit scholar, Jai Dev Badu, who was put to death during the Indian partition in 1947. Her first marriage with famous Dogri poet Vedpal Deep was not successful so she later tied the knot of love with singer Surinder Singh who was a Hindustani vocalist of the Singh Bandhu musical duo, and a duty officer in 1966 and both started living together in Delhi. She has published more than 50 poetry collections, including Meri Kavita Mere Geet, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971.
Her writings were like the divine journal of the aquatic life in the depths of the Sea signifying corals so shiny and glorious, wanting to fly in the air. The art of her thinking was like a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable phantom script telling how beautiful the rainbows are glowing nature's nurture. So, defining her great achievements in 2001 she has also been honoured with India's fourth-highest civilian award Padma Shri, and the Kabir Samman for poetry in the year 2007-08 given by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, followed by Saraswati Samman for the year 2015, and also received Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 2019 for her immense contributions in the literature and novels.
Following her passion, She had also written the lyrics of the song 'Mera Chhota sa Ghar Baar' from the 1973 Hindi film by Ved Rahi " Prem Parbat" which played the music by Jaidev.Thereafter, she created 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 milo" sung by Mohd Rafi and Sulakshana Pandit. And inspired by this she composed the lyrics along with Yogesh for the 1979 Hindi film "Saahas", which had music by Ameen Sangeet a popular Artist by heart.
This is not just the end says, Dr. Singh who was extremely shattered to hear the news of her death being a Duggar female icon of the society and a recipient of national fame in the writings of Dogri and Hindi.”
He also mentioned, “It will be very difficult for Dogri literature and Duggar society to fill up this vacuum created ”. Along with the Indians Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, also condoled the demise of Padma Sachdev.