Books of India: Maithili

Check in next Thursday for another batch! This selection includes Surendra Jha ‘Suman’ and Ushakiran Khan among others.


Ugnak Dayadvad by Surendra Jha ‘Suman’
Translated by as The Kinsmen of Ugna Ratneshwar Mishra

Sahitya Akademi (2010)

The novel chronicles the journey of the lower castes of Mithila as they set off on the path of social justice.


Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi by Binod Bihari Verma

(1994)

A short story collection based on the rural life in the proposed state of Mithila. The title translates to the peasants on the banks of river Balan and Pallavi, which is also the title of the first of fourteen stories.


Katek Daripar by Mantreshwar Jha 

Sekhar Publication (2006)

This Sahitya Akademi Award winning memoir illustrates Jha's lifestyle as a civil servant.


Sahasrabdik Chaupar Par by Gajendra Thakur
Translated as On The Diceboard Of The Millennium by Jyoti Jha Chaudhary

Shruti Publications (2014)

This is a collection of poems.


Bhamati: Ek Avismaraniya Premkatha by Ushakiran Khan

The novel portrays the life of Bhamati, one the most loved characters besides Sita in Mithila. She went on to become the wife of the scholar, Vachaspati Mishra.


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