Monthly Archives: September 2022

Indrani Radhakrishnan

Indrani Radhakrishnan is a multi talented Badaga woman. I had written about her earlier aslo. A speaker on many forums like schools, Rotary and Innerwheel , she has attended a few seminars and conferences. Her journey on writing started way back in 8th std itself. Since then she has been writing articles poems and letters to editor – both in English and Tamil.

She has won many awards and has also received an honorary Doctorate in Heritage and culture. She has won two international awards – World Peace achiever Award and Universal Children s Day Award in 2021 from Phillipines SPMUDA organization.

She is the first in Badaga history to win international awards. She has recently published a book ” The Lost legacy of the Nilgiris” which is the first book of its kind in Nilgiris history.

Remembering mother on her 110th Birth Anniversary

Mrs. Idyammal Bellie Gowder,

wife of B.K. Bellie Gowder

daughter or Rao Bahadur HJ Bellie Gowder,

sister of Rao Bahadur HB Ari Gowder

Idyammal in 1927
in 1997

You sacrificed everything for the sake of us, your children – eight of us.

Mrs.Radha Gowdu,

Wg Cdr Jayaprakash & Mrs. Tara Jayaprakash