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{{Short description|Indian poet (1940–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
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| birth_place = [[Purmandal]] [[Jammu]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[British Raj]]
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| death_place = Mumbai, [[Maharashtra]], India
| occupation = Poet, writer
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'''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.<ref name=Shahitya>[[#Ge|George, p. 522]]</ref> 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.<ref name=mathur/><ref>{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi Award |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/searchAwards.jsp |publisher=Official website |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221080252/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/searchAwards.jsp |archive-date=21 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also received the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian award in 2001,<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref> and the Kabir Samman for poetry for the year 2007-08 given by [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Rashtriya Mahatma Gandhi Award to be given to Seva Bharti |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200808101759.htm |date=10 August 2008 |access-date=26 February 2013 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927234948/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200808101759.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Saraswati Samman]] for the year 2015,<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=12 April 2016|title=Jammu-born poet Padma Sachdev gets Saraswati Samman|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/jammu-born-poet-padma-sachdev-gets-saraswati-samman-116041200967_1.html|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|agency=P. T. I. |date=April 12, 2016 |title=Dogri poet Padma Sachdev awarded Saraswati Samman|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/dogri-poet-padma-sachdev-awarded-saraswati-samman-588997-2016-04-12|access-date=2021-12-01|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref> [[Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=12 June 2019|title=Padma Sachdev conferred Akademi's highest honour|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/padma-sachdev-conferred-akademis-highest-honour/|access-date=4 August 2021|website=DailyExcelsior|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Sachdev was born in [[Purmandal]], Jammu on 17 April 1940.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=17 April 2021|title=Padamshree Padma Sachdev|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/padamshree-padma-sachdev/|access-date=4 August 2021|website=DailyExcelsior|language=en-US}}</ref> 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 (singer)|Surinder Singh]] of the musical duo "[[Singh Bandhu]]" in 1966.<ref name=hindu04>{{cite news |title=Song of the Singhs |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/05/06/stories/2004050600290300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040705145621/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/05/06/stories/2004050600290300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 July 2004 |date=6 May 2004 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref> She and Surinder Singh first lived in [[New Delhi]], but later shifted to Mumbai.<ref name=mathur>[[#Ma|Mathur, p. 182]]</ref> She died on 4 August 2021 in Mumbai at the age of 81, leaving behind husband Surinder Singh and their daughter Meeta Sachdev.<ref>{{Cite news|date=4 August 2021|title=Eminent Dogri Poet Padma Sachdev dies at 81, Jitendra Singh mourns|work=[[United News of India]]|url=http://www.uniindia.com/eminent-dogri-poet-padma-sachdev-dies-at-81-jitendra-singh-mourns/north/news/2467251.html|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=4 August 2021|title=Dogri Poet Padma Sachdev Is No More|url=https://kashmirlife.net/dogri-poet-padma-sachdev-is-no-more-273698/|access-date=4 August 2021|website=[[Kashmir Life]]}}</ref>

==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.<ref name=hindu04/> In the following years, she also worked with All India Radio, [[Mumbai]].<ref name=mathur/>

Sachdev won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for her anthology ''Meri Kavita Mere Geet'' ({{Translation|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 {{En dash}} for what Padma writes is true poetry." Her autobiography ''Boond Bawadi'' is considered a classic. Her book ''In Bin ({{Translation|without them}}'') addressed the under appreciated role played by domestic helps in Indian households.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last1=Ghosh|first1=Avijit|date=August 5, 2021|first2=Sanjay|last2=Khajuria |title=Noted Dogri writer Padma Sachdev, who passed away, worked closely with Lata Mangeshkar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/noted-dogri-writer-padma-sachdev-who-passed-away-worked-closely-with-lata-mangeshkar/articleshow/85062834.cms|access-date=2021-08-07|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

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 (lyricist)|Yogesh]] for the 1979 Hindi film "Saahas", which had music by Ameen Sangeet.<ref name=":0" />

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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*''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).<ref name="Shahitya" /><ref name="mathur" />
*''Amrai'' (Hindi Interviews)
*''Diwankhana'' (Interviews)
*''Chith Chete'' (Memoirs)

==Awards==
Source(s):<ref name=":1" />
*''Dinu Bhai Pant Life Time Achievement Award'', 2017 by D.B. Pant Memorial Trust, Jammu, J&K<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=3 October 2017|title=Padma Sachdev conferred with Dinu Bhai Pant Life Time Award|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/padma-sachdev-conferred-with-dinu-bhai-pant-life-time-award/|access-date=4 August 2021|website=DailyExcelsior|language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''Krutitava Smagra Samman'', 2015 by Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, West Bengal<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 March 2016|title=Dogri poetess Padma Sachdev awarded Krutitava Smagra Samman|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/National/2016-03-06/Dogri-poetess-Padma-Sachdev-awarded-Krutitava-Smagra-Samman/211809|access-date=4 August 2021|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Saraswati Samman]]'', 2015 for her autobiography "Chitt-Chete" in [[Dogri language]]
* ''[[Padma Shri]]'' Award. 2001
* ''[[Sahitya Akademi Award]]'' 1971
* ''Kabir Samman'' for poetry. 2007-08

==Bibliography==
* ''Naushin''. Kitabghar, 1995.
* ''Main Kahti Hun Ankhin Dekhi'' (Travelogue). Bharatiya Gyanpith, 1995.
* *''Bhatko nahin Dhananjay''. Bharatiya Gyanpith, 1999. {{ISBN|8126301309}}.
* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=PFC6CpB_SaAC 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'''
* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=iHgHka7KMawC Where Has My Gulla Gone (Anthology)]''. Prabhat Prakashan, 2009. {{ISBN|8188322415}}.
* ''A Drop in the Ocean: An Autobiography''. tr. by Uma Vasudev, Jyotsna Singh. National Book Trust, India, 2011. {{ISBN|8123761775}}.

==See also==
* [[List of Indian writers]]
* [[List of Indian poets]]

== References ==
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===Further reading===
* {{cite book |title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose|author=K. M. George |author2=Sahitya Akademi |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1992|isbn=8172013248 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&q=Padma+Sachdev&pg=PA522 |ref=Ge }}
* {{cite book |title=2 Decades of Dogri Literature |author=Shiv Nath |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |year=1997|isbn=8126003936 |page= 19|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rXruaMZ6FKAC&q=Padma+Sachdev&pg=PA19 |ref=Na }}
* {{cite book |title=Aashaa: Short Stories by Indian Women Writers: Translated from Hindi and Other Indian Languages|chapter=Padma Sachdev:Introduction |author=Divya Mathur |publisher=Star Publications |year=2003|isbn=8176500755 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQSwvro50oUC&q=Padma+Sachdev&pg=PA182 |ref=Ma }}

==External links==
* [http://www.indiatogether.org/manushi/issue123/shivanath.htm Mother of Modern Dogri Poetry: A Literary Profile of Padma Sachdev]
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