Yogendra Pathak Viyogi

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Produktbeschreibung

The book is a translation of the original Maithili novel 'Sooryasta'by Mayanand Mishra. The story pertains to pre-independence India, around the first half of the twentieth century. A British family, an Indigo farmer originally, becomes super-rich, living in a village in the heart of Mithila, a region in the northern part of the state of Bihar in India. The daughter is very appreciative of the Indian lifestyle and culture and adopts the same for herself. She opens a school for local children. She falls in love with a local youth, who is a Gandhian involved in the Independence Movement and committed not to marry. She also decides not to marry. But the en d is very dramatic and totally unexpected.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Yogendra Pathak Viyogi
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798227736338
• Artikelnr.: 73318917

Autorenporträt

Dr. Yogendra Pathak Viyogi is a retired scientist from the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India and a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and the National Academy of Sciences (India). He specialises in writing popular science articles in Maithili, which have regularly appeared for the past decade in Maithili magazines, mainly 'Mithila Darshan' published from Kolkata and 'Ghar Bahar' published from Patna. He has to his credit two novels, a collection of short stories, a travelogue (account of his visits abroad over a period of four decades), three drama (of which two have already been staged in Kolkata), a translation of Karel Chapek's famous drama R.U.R. in Maithili and book compilations of his science essays under the title "Vigyanak Batkahi" in two parts. Several of his satirical writings, travel accounts and translation of English short stories in Maithili are also published in various magazines.

The books are available as self-published paperback version.
In addition to writing, he is engaged in mentoring students in rural areas in Mithila region of Bihar in India and imparts lessons in science practical to school students.