Monday, 25 July 2016

One half One full, Neela Satyanarayana

In her beautifully written book One half One full, Neela Satyanarayana tells us how she juggled a demanding career with motherly affection to bring up a child with Down's Syndrome



The book celebrates the triumph of parental love against all odds.

Neela Satyanarayana, a senior-level bureaucrat who is currently the Principal Secretary (Forests), Government of Maharashtra has admirably juggled a demanding career along with motherly affection and care while bringing up her son Chaitanya who is suffering from Down's Syndrome. She tells the story about keeping both her professional and family life intact in her book 'One half One full'.


Neela launched her book at Crossword —ICC Trade Towers, in the presence of Dr Narendra Jadhav, Vice-Chancellor, University Of Pune. Jadhav along with the author read out excerpts while releasing the book.
Neela celebrates the triumph of parental love and endorses the sentiment that love conquers all — the disabilities and handicaps that nature inflicts upon us. Both Neela and her husband P V Satyanarayana are shocked when they find their newborn son Chaitanya afflicted with Down's Syndrome. Their elder daughter Anuradha too is shattered. Instead of succumbing, the family decides to fight back so that Chaitanya is able to feel and behave like a normal human being. This is a saga of tears, love and courage that finally ends in success.

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