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160 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1945

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Harimohan Jha

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सन् 1932 में पटना विश्वविद्यालय से दर्शनशास्त्र में एम.ए.। इसके बाद पटना विश्वविद्यालय में ही दर्शनशास्त्र के प्रोफेसर और फिर विभागाध्यक्ष रहे।

अपने बहुमुखी रचनात्मक अवदान से मैथिली साहित्य की श्री-वृद्धि करनेवाले विशिष्ट लेखक। भारतीय दर्शन और संस्कृति-काव्य साहित्य के मर्मज्ञ विद्वान के रूप में विशेष ख्याति अर्जित की। धर्म, दर्शन और इतिहास, पुराण के अस्वस्थ, लोकविरोधी प्रसंगों की दिलचस्प लेकिन कड़ी आलोचना। इस सन्दर्भ में ‘खट्टर काका’ जैसी बहुचर्चित व्यंग्यकृति विशेष उल्लेखनीय। मूल मैथिली में करीब 20 पुस्तकें प्रकाशित। कुछ कहानियों का हिंदी, गुजराती और तमिल में अनुवाद।

प्रमुख कृतियाँ: कन्यादान, द्विरागमन (उपन्यास); प्रणम्य देवता, रंगशाला (हास्य कथाएँ); खट्टर काका (व्यंग्य-कृति); चरचरी (विधा-विविधा)।

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February 11, 2020
At times, soaked in slapstick humor and even more frequently criticism of the materialist relationships in Mithila's culture, Harimohan Jha is as relevant today as he was 70 years back. He doesn't just criticize the society that is holding on to superstitions but also, at times criticizes modernity and how it fails to interact with that society. Through his stories, he shines an insightful light into patriarchy and masculine sexuality that is rooted in the culture of Mithila. And though we might laugh while reading them, they harbour inside them dark truths about society. No wonder he was rejected by Maithili readers back then. And probably even will now, because his outlook into the culture isn't favorable, even though it is exactly what the culture needs today.
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