Introduction : Living Nonagenarian Ms Dr Esther Cornelius is really an unassuming legendary figure. She is an embodiment of compassion and loving kindness, her indelible selfless service for the cause of the visual impaired people and other physically challenged people would earn her an unique place in history. Her life has become an eye opener to many of the so called religious people ,who are spiritually blind to the sufferings of the fellow human beings. We can say she was born to serve and she never expected others to serve her and there lies her magnificence and uniqueness . Of course human-beings are quick to forget the help done by others and very adamant to remember the wrongs done to them and naturally Dr. Esther has also become an forgotten Legend .. Dr Esther Cornelius is 94 years old and she is living with her children in USA. A perusal of the Founder of the I.E.L.C School for the Blind at Bargur. Ms Esther's sacrificial life will surely open the inner eyes of the readers towards the cause of the visual impaired , and other physically challenged and under privileged people who are living around us
Dr Esther's Parents and Birth. Many decades ago in the famous temple city Madurai, in Tamil Nadu there lived a God fearing man namely Rev. V. Nallathambi [ Madurai American Mission Pastor] with his pious and modest wife Ms, Paripuranam Nallathambi and this couple, nine decades and four years ago gave birth to Dr. Esther the heroine of this Article, in Madurai. Rev Nallathambi was a colleague and friend of the famous theologian, missiologist, writer and Bishop of Madurai CSI Diocese Rt. Rev. Dr. Lesslie Newbigin . It is apt to infer and remember that since her childhood Dr Esthar's family was well known to Bishop Lesslie Newbigin and they were mutual family friends. . Since child hood Esther's parents imbibed good Christian virtues and values like compassion and social service in their daughter Esther's mind.
Dr. Esther's Siblings ; Rev Nallathambi and Ms Paripuranam Nallathambi couple gave birth to the following children namely :- [1] Ms Esther, [2] Ms. Rejina and she worked and retired as Principal of OCPM Higher Secondary School Madurai, [3] Ms. Padma and she worked and retired as Principal of T.E.L.C, High School at Kumuthi , [4] Ms . Bessie and she worked and retired as Principal of a High School in Bangalore, and [5] Ms Vanaja and she also worked as teacher and now she is settled in USA.
Ms Esther;s Education : Ms Esther was a brilliant student since her primary school days.. After having successfully completed her School studies she did her collegiate bachelor degree course in Science at the prestigious American college in Madurai and passed her Bachelor Degree meritoriously And subsequently she qualified herself to be a High School Science Teacher
Dr. Esther's Social and Humanitarian Service started even when she was a College Student : Dr Esther was born by the will of God to serve the cause of the poor, .physically challenged, last and lost . Even while Ms Esther was doing her degree course at the famous American College in Madurai she started her social and humanitarian service in 1947 at a beggar Home near the Church she attended and it will be really useful and inspiring to read a testimony given by late C.S.I Bishop Dr Lesslie Newbigin Bishop Rt Rev Lesslie Newbigin testified as follows, " I am happy to say that I have known Ms Esther Cornelius since 1947, when she was a student in the American College in Madurai. and I was the Bishop of that city . I first came into contact with her because she was even as a student deeply engaged in care for visual impaired and other helpless people in the municipal home for beggars near her house . From that time until now she has devoted herself with engaging devotion , courage, faith to serving the needs of those who are forgotten by society ... "
Next part will follow soon
By. P. Babu Manoharan, M. A. { All rights are reserved. This Article will be enlarged, modified or corrected later if needed ]
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