போதும்
சரஸ்வதி நமஸ்துப்யம்
வரதே காமரூபிணி
வித்யாரம்பம் கரிஷ்யாமி
ஸித்திர் பவது மே சதா
அருள்ஜோதியே
இத்தனை நாள் வாழவிட்டாய்
எண்ணியவை எல்லாம்
அடைந்ததாய் ச்சொல்லவில்லை
ஆனால்
எண்ணாதவை
மனதுக்கு
இதம் அளிப்பவை
அல்லாதவை
தந்தருளியிருக்கிறாய்
இனியுமென்னை
எண்ணவிடாதே
ஆசைப்படத் தூண்டாதே
போதும் போதும்
என்ற நெஞ்சைத்
தந்து என்னை
ஏற்றுக்கொள்வாயாக
நீல பத்மநாபன்
விஜயதசமி(17-10-2010 ஞாயிறு)
About Me
- Neela Padmanabhan/நீல பத்மநாபன்
- Neela Padmanabhan (b.1938) is a leading figure in the arena of Tamil literature, but writing in Malayalam and English too. An engineer by profession, a humanist by instinct, he has straddled the scene like a Colossus, creating novels (20), short stories (170) and poems (160) and critical essays (150) that have found warm reception from the readers. Awards and honours (Sahitya Akademi award, Annamalai Chettiar award, Tamil Nadu Govt award, Basha Bharathi award of Central Institute of Indian languages etc) he has reaped in abundance. Maybe it is this uniqueness that had Tamil literary critic Ka Na Su write about Thalaimuraikal as one of the ‘Ten Great Novels of India’. The man who has earned such praises is none other than Neela Padmanabhan. An eminent litterateur, a couple of weeks before his 75th birth anniversary he was honoured by Ilakkiya Chinthanai, one of the prominent Tamil literary organisations in the State, for his contribution to literature. To encourage young writers, he instituted two awards titled ‘Neela Padmam’ and ‘Thalaimuraikal’ for best poem and short story respectively, every year on his birthday (April 26th) through the Thiruvananthapuram Tamil Sangam.
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The auhor takes a brief peep into the irony of life. He has done it in a symbolic manner.
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