A grieve stricken, despondent, mournful, downcast morning as we mourn,
bemoan ,lament the untimely demise of most revered, respected Chief
Minister of our Tamil Nadu , Madam Jayalalitha!
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| TN Chief Minister Selvi J Jayalalithaa 1948-2016 |
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Friends as the
proverbial saying goes ' beauty & brains do not always go together!
' Definitely untrue in Ms Jayalalitha' s case! Ms Jayalaltha was a
beautiful woman, a charming smart actress with a great fan following
even as an actress AND she was also a highly cultured, educated
,efficient woman, a quick learner with good grasp of men and matters,
she was a leader among leaders , a dynamic ,articulate ,charismatic
personality who toiled hard , strained every nerve to make Tamil Nadu
progress with growth in all spheres ,especially she worked hard for the
welfare of the poor and the downtrodden like her mentor MGR !
A
linguist proficient in all south Indian languages apart from English
and Hindi! As CM, Her string of populist welfare initiatives like
Amma Canteen, Amma Salt, Amma water , Amma laptops, Amma Cycles ,
,cradle welfare scheme, All women police stations, rain water
harvesting,houses ,goats, grinders,new Veeranam scheme etc that have
been very successful and hailed by all bear testimony to her success,
real concern for the poorest of the poor and others!
As Chief Minister
and as head of her party AIADMK, she ruled with an iron hand ! A
strong disciplinarian , a level headed leader! Throughout her tenure
as super numero uno of her party there was never a voice of dissent in
her party ! Party cadres and leaders alike worshipped her, she was
their Goddess, God sent messenger to alleviate, nurture better their
standard of living! She was the Messiah of the masses ! She held the
party together commanding total loyalty , respect, of the cadre even
when not in power! A strong willed , fire brand leader who never took
failures as set backs! always fought back with resilience,fortitude
and self belief and ascended the CM throne 5 times! Amazing, for Ms
Jayalalitha Jayaram, a Brahmin that too a woman and a firm believer in
God to become and be a Chief Minister of passionate state like Tamil
Nadu with deep rooted Dravidian cultural background is no mean
achievement, it is just remarkable! She did it with tenacity. her
fiery brand of politics unhindered ,unperturbed throughout her
chequered career marked with very highs and few lows too !
She strode
like a colossus! she was unmindful of her rare failures, snubbed, kept
her adversaries under leash, never allowing them to raise their head !
Dynamic Revolutionary leader Jayalalitha hogged the limelight
,occupied centre stage ,was the cynosure of all eyes whether in power or
not! Her rigid stance, no nonsense attitude, tough nature, clarity of
thought, decisive actions, firm rule, welfare measures endeared the
mass to her! If MGR was the God, his protege Madam Jayalalitha was the
Goddess ,the Shakthi, the Rajmatha more popularly ,fondly
addressed,called as " Amma "!
Mother' s love is always pristine ,pure
,most unselfish , endearing of all our attachments ,human bondages ,is
not it? She was the eternal "_Amma" the doting, caring,the benevolent
mother for all! Amazing woman of substance, a quick learner, a
voracious reader, a self taught scholar, a statesman par excellent, in
personal life , a spinster , a loner whose family is people of Tamil
Nadu as she proudly, poignantly used to declare time and again! Leaders
may come,leaders may go! Very few make lasting ,salutary impact !
needless to say Jayalaltha was one among them! Ms Jayalalitha was held
in awe, commanded greatest respect !
A disciplinarian , a true and most
successful AIADMK leader who increased the mass support, mass base of
her party manifold after MGR ! She was the pupil who surpassed her
teacher MGR , in due course, as she emerged spectacularly from the
shadows of her Master MGR whom she hero- worshipped ! she held an
iconic identity , a strong connect with the mass especially womenfolk!
Her death has left a big vacuum! A void , a breach which can't be
cemented that easily! She was an embodiment of women's empowerment!
Friends , we all are mortals! Very few like புரட்சித் தலைவி அம்மா
,attain immortality! "The life given us by nature is short, but the
memory of well spent life is eternal!- Marcus Cicero, no doubt our
people's CM leaves behind glorious memories ! with eyes shut, hands
folded and prayers in my lips. i join you all and multitude of our
Tamilians in paying homage to her noble soul! God bless you all...In words of Artist doyen Ramesh Krishnamoorthy.
