Dr. Binod Bihari Verma

Binod Bihari Verma(1937 - 2003) was a maithili literateur by soul, medical doctor by profession and a defence officer by career. He was born on 3 Dec 1937 in the village Baur, by the river Kamla Balan, in Madhubani District (then undivided Darbhanga District) of Bihar. He was the second son in a maithil Karna kayastha landlord family of three sons and two daughters. His father, Rameshwar Lal Das, was a freedom fighter, a prominent Gandhian and tireless worker for the upliftment of the poor, and he inculcated these values in his children as well. These values are also reflected in the writings of Dr. Verma. He had command over a number of languages including Urdu, Sanskrit and Bengali and scripts of India some of them close to extinction now, e.g., old Maithili and Nepali. Image File history File linksMetadata BinodBihariVerma. ... Image File history File linksMetadata BinodBihariVerma. ... Binod is a Sanskrit word used nowadays widely as a name in Nepali, Hindi and similar languages. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Maithili is of the family of Indo-Aryan languages, which are part of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Madhubani,Bihar,India Madhubani is a municipality and head quarter of Madhubani District, Bihar, India. ... Districts :Darbhanga Division (derbÅ­ng´ge) , city (1991 pop. ... For other uses, see Bihar (disambiguation). ... Kāyastha or Kayasth is a Indo-Aryan clan (Maha-parivar) who were originally Brahmins of Aryavarta (Vedic India), but eventually came to be regarded in the Kaliyuga as Kshatriyas. ... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) (Devanagari: मोहनदास करमचन्द गांधी, Gujarati મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી), called...

Biography

After finishing his primary school, which was at the Rasiyari village (across the mighty Kamla Balan) - there being no primary school in his village, he moved with his father and uncle to various places in South Bihar (now Jharkhand) who were trying to spread Gandhiji's message of achieving freedom through self reliance and nonviolence in the remote tribal areas of Chaibasa, Ranchi, and Singhbhum areas of South Bihar. He developed a close bonding with the tribal children of these places which gave him a rare understanding of the lot of the poor and the underpriviledged and which is depicted so picturesquely in his writings. Hi sojourn in th villages and the tribal areas also gave him an insight into the diversitites of human nature which was reflected in his writings. He finished his secondary schooling at the missionary school of St. John's at Ranchi. Subsequently he joined the Darbhanga Medical College and graduated in 1961. Those were the heady days of Chinese invasion (Sino-Indian War) and he joined the Indian Army and was commissioned into the Army Medical Corps in 1963. The service life gave him ample opportunity to visit remote far flung border areas and gave him a rare insight into the lives of the people of Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Punjab, Assam and Goa among others. He was in effect, a life long student of the culture and language of all the various peoples he came in contact with. He tried to understand their language and read their folk tales and poetry. All these issues are vividly imbibed in his writings. He took part in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and the IPKF operations in Sri Lanka in 1988-1990. His dynamic leadership and clinical skills in these conflicts won him respect both from the men he commanded and from his seniors. He was greatly admired for his integrity and honesty. He took premature retirement from active army service in 1990, partly disillusioned with the war in Sri Lanka. He settled in Bhubaneswar where he started his clinical practice and undertook literary tasks with renewed vigour. Post 1990 was his most prolific literary phase with regular publishing of novels, biographies, and contributions to Maithili magazines. He died on 09 November 2003 at Bangalore, fighting a long battle with cancer. | state_name=Jharkhand | | capital=Ranchi | latd = 23. ... Look up freedom in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Nonviolence (or non-violence) is a moral philosophy that rejects the use of violence in efforts to attain social or political change, and proclaims others means such as disobedience or the power of persuasion. ... http://www. ... Chaibasa is the headquarters of West Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand in India. ... Ranchi   (Hindi: राँची) is the capital city of Jharkhand state, India. ... Singhbum, since bifurcated into East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum and Saraikela Kharsawan districts, was one of the districts of Bihar state, India. ... Ranchi   (Hindi: राँची) is the capital city of Jharkhand state, India. ... Districts :Darbhanga Division (derbÅ­ng´ge) , city (1991 pop. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Indian Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces of India and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. ... Himachal Pradesh   (Hindi: हिमाचल प्रदेश, IPA: ), formerly the Punjab Hill States, is a mostly mountainous state in northern India. ... Sikkim (also Sikhim) (DevanāgarÄ«: सिक्किम  ) is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. ... Punjab   (Punjabi: , Hindi: , IPA: ) (Also spelled Panjab) is a state in northwest India. ... Assam   (Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur - now a part of Guwahati. ... For other uses, see Goa (disambiguation). ... Combatants India Pakistan Commanders Gen J N Chaudhuri, Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh Field Marshal Ayub Khan, Gen Mohd Musa Casualties 3,264 killed[1] 8,623 wounded[1] (From July to ceasefire) 3,800[2] - 6,917 killed[3] (17 day period alone) 4,000 - 7,000 killed/ captured[4... Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF), was the Indian military unit peforming a peacekeeping operation that was formed to oversee the peace accord signed between India and Sri Lanka in 1987. ... Konark Horse in Roundabout Bhubaneswar  population 10 lakhs (Hindi: भुवनेश्वर - in Sanskrit and Oriya/oDiA, The Lord of the Universe) or The temple city of India is a city located on the eastern coast of India. ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bangalore or BengalÅ«ru (Kannada: ; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ...

Pen Names

• Vinod
• Vinod Gopal

Binod is a Sanskrit word used nowadays widely as a name in Nepali, Hindi and similar languages. ...

Marriage & Children

• Married to Pratibha Verma at Patori Village (Saharsa Distt), Bihar on 4 July 1965 in a traditional Maithil wedding
• Children: Three daughters and Two sons
  • Archana Verma:Daughter, born 4 April 1967, Saharsa
  • Sharad Verma:Son, born 17 September 1969, Saharanpur
  • Varuna Verma:Daughter, born 7 June 1972, Saharanpur
  • Savita Verma:Daughter, born 14 May 1976, Saharsa
  • Rohit Verma:Son, born 9 December 1977, Saharsa

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Major Influences

• George Abraham Grierson - British administrator of Darbhanga in 19th century, lover of maithili folklore and literature, writer of grammar of modern maithili
• Radha Krishna Choudhary - Noted historian, president of ICHR, leftist thinker, and Maithili writer
• Shriram Sharma Acharya - Saint and yogi based at Haridwar, spread the message of Gayatri Mantra

Sir George Abraham Grierson (7 January 1851, County Dublin, Ireland - 9 March 1941, Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom) was a famous British civil servant who spent much of his life in British India. ... Pundit Shriram Sharma Acharya (September 20, 1911 – June 2, 1990) was a seer, sage and a visionary of the New Golden Era - Founder of All World Gayatri Pariwar. ...

Life time interests and Researches

• Life and works of Sir George Abraham Grierson
• Folklore of Dalits and other backward castes and their contribution to modern maithili
• Buddhist Studies with the special relation of Ancient Mithila with Tibet
• Astrology
• Mithila Painting and depiction of modern village life in Mithila Paintings
• Study of Maithili Literature

Sir George Abraham Grierson (7 January 1851, County Dublin, Ireland - 9 March 1941, Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom) was a famous British civil servant who spent much of his life in British India. ... Folklore is the body of verbal expressive culture, including tales, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs current among a particular population, comprising the oral tradition of that culture, subculture, or group. ... In South Asias caste system, an untouchable, dalit, or achuta is a person outside of the four castes, and considered below them. ... Maithili is of the family of Indo-Aryan languages, which are part of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Hand-coloured version of the anonymous Flammarion woodcut. ... Madhubani Painting by Bharti Dayal Madhubani painting or Mithila Painting is a style of Indian painting, practiced in the Mithila region of Bihar state, India. ... * Mithila (Sanskrit: मिथिला, mithilā) was a kingdom in ancient India. ...

Places where posted while in Army

• Panjim
• Ambala
• Shimla
• Sugar Sector (Indo - China Border)
• Saharanpur
• Allahabad
• Varanasi
• NorthSikkim
• Varanasi(Second Tenure)
• Kapurthala
• Jalandhar
• Tezpur
• Vavuniya

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Places where stayed in civilian life

• Darbhanga
• Chaibasa
• Ranchi
• Saharsa
• Bhubaneswar

Districts :Darbhanga Division (derbÅ­ng´ge) , city (1991 pop. ... Chaibasa is the headquarters of West Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand in India. ... Ranchi   (Hindi: राँची) is the capital city of Jharkhand state, India. ... Saharsa is an administrative district in the state of Bihar in India. ... Konark Horse in Roundabout Bhubaneswar  population 10 lakhs (Hindi: भुवनेश्वर - in Sanskrit and Oriya/oDiA, The Lord of the Universe) or The temple city of India is a city located on the eastern coast of India. ...

Major works

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  Maithili Karna Kayathak Panjik Sarvekshan- a Survey of the Panji of the Karan Kayasthas of Mithila.1973.Madhubani.[1]

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  Nayanmani A novel describing the rural scene in Post Independence bihar.Initially published in parts in "Mithila Mihir" from February 1968 to April 1968.1997.Bhubaneswar.

• Balanak Bonihar O Pallavi - Short Story collection on the village life of Mithila on the banks of the Kosi and its tributaries.1994.Bhubaneswar.[2]

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  Tapasa vai Ganga - Biography of renowned historian Prof. Radha Krishna Choudhary.1995.Bhubaneswar.

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  Adim Purkha - Translation of Sahitya Akademi award winner oriya novelist Gopinath Mohanty's work "Dadi Burha".2001.Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

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  Vedmurti Taponishth SriRam Sharma Acharya - Biography of Shriram Sharma Acharya.2005.Bhubaneswar.

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1034x1678, 954 KB) Author: Rohitcadz, Coverpage of Maithili book Maithil Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan written by Dr. Binod Bihari Verma and published by Shri Kranti Bihari Verma at Madhepura, Bihar. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1045x1600, 1189 KB) Author:Rohitcadz, Cover page of Maithili book Nayanmani written by Dr. Binod Bihari Verma, and published by him at Bhubaneswar. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1052x1706, 1473 KB) Author: Rohitcadz, Cover page of Maithili book, Balaanak bonihar O Pallavi, written by Dr. Binod Bihari Verma, and published by him at Bhubaneswar. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1083x1608, 1016 KB) Author:Rohitcadz, Cover page of Maithili Book Tapasa Vai Ganga written by Dr. Binod Bihari Verma, and published by him at Bhubaneswar I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1093x1702, 849 KB) Author: Rohitcadz,Cover page of Maithili translation of Gopinath Mohantys oriya book Dadi Burha. Published by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The Sahitya Akademi is an Indian organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (884x1386, 1357 KB) Author: Rohitcadz, Coverpage of Maithili book Sri Ram Sharma Acharya written by Dr. Binod Bihari Verma, and published by Smt. ... Pundit Shriram Sharma Acharya (September 20, 1911 – June 2, 1990) was a seer, sage and a visionary of the New Golden Era - Founder of All World Gayatri Pariwar. ...

Articles

• Maithili Language:An Introduction
• Tradition of music in Mithilia
• Maharsi Sri Aurobindo on Vidyapati
• Life and Works of Acharya Surendra Jha 'Suman"
• Concerns in 2002 as Current Concerns
• The Festival Of Bata Savitri
• Folk Songs
• Book Reviews written in 2002

External links

1. Maithili
2. Mithila Online