Dr Balram Tahilani Sachdev
Famous Writer & Sindhi Eye Surgeon
This doesn’t happen usually as ever merciful Waheguru is not so kind with every human born on the earth. Dr. Balram Udhavdas Tahiliani – Sachdev from Raipur of newly formed Indian state Chhattisgarh belongs to rare class of human beings with rare, truly diversified talent and very high blessings of God. Born on 1st July 1945 in the Dadu district of Sindh [area is presently part of Pakistan] in a learned family as grandfather Lokchand and father Udhavdas both were Doctors and mother Parmeshwari Devi was also well educated.
About Dr Balram Tahilani
After the partition of the country, family shifted to Baroda, where his schooling started but soon family shifted to Tilda-Nevra, where he went on complete his M.S. Degree from Pt. J. N.M. Medical college Raipur. His life is the reflection of very high influence of grandparents and parents, which inspired him for being Eye Surgeon and expert in the field of Migraine [Headache].
As he grow in the years his though process get influence with the life of personalities like Sant Vinoba Bhave, Baba Amte, Dada Jashan Vaswani and Mother Teresa this has created a thrust within him for working for the society and as the result during his long illustrated medical career he has rendered free service for more than 300 Eye camps held in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh and successfully performed about 30 thousand eye operations without remuneration. During his professional life as eye surgeon, he had worked at – Shri. R. B. Hospital Rajkot Gujarat – S.T. N.M. Hospital Gangtok Sikkim – Gandhi Eye Hospital Aligarh U.P.
Mother Parmeshwar Devi encouraged him for reading “Bhagavat Gita” and thus spiritual vision included to life helped him in developing a helping and meaningful attitude for looking at human life. This specific attitude inspired him for sharing his thoughts with others and made him active with literary activities also.
During the schooling he won many prizes for participating in debate, Poetry and Essay writing competitions. During the Medical studies at Raipur, he edited his college magazine and his many articles and poetries were published in different regional and national periodicals and newspapers. He is the founder & Chhattisgarh state level President of “Samanvay Sahitya Parivar Chhattisgarh”. and has participated in more than 60 Radio talks on various subjects broadcasted from All India Radio.
Dr. Balram is happily married with Vidya and both are blessed with a daughter Pooja. In his own words he has achieved real treasure of life in the form of “Eternal Bliss” through God gifted daughter Saubhagyawati Pooja & grandson Ayush.
Famous and popular Sindhi folk singer Bhagwanti Navani is eventually immortal as she even after losing the physical existence still alive at hearts of thousands and thousands of Sindhi music lovers. Often called as Sindhi Koyel Bhagwanti was born on 01 Feb 1940 at Nasarpur. Undisputed queen of Singing Sindhi Lada (marriage ritual songs) Bhagwanti will always be remembered for singing Sukhamani Sahib (Guru Bani) in Sindhi. She also acted in Sindhi film Sindhua Je Kinare. On 22 Oct 1986 she left for heavenly abode.