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Bindiya (novel)

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Bindiya
AuthorRamnath Pandey
LanguageBhojpuri
GenreSocial, Love Story
Set inAn Indian Village
PublisherSekhar Publication
Publication date
1956
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint

Bindiya is a social novel by Bhojpuri author Ramnath Pandey. It is the first novel written in Bhojpuri.[1][2] It was published in 1956 by Sekhar Publication of Chhapra. Thematically, it is based on life and problems of the village lifestyle.[3] The story is set in a village of a common farmer Kodai his daughter Bindiya and her lover Mangra

Plot

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Kodai is a small farmer whose daughter, Bindiya, who helps his father in farming. Bindiya loves a village man named Mangra. The Villain of the story is the son of a Landlord, who loves Bindiya and tries to marry her forcefully.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Bhojapurī nibandha nikuñja: Bhojapurī ke taintālīsa go cunala nibandha. Akhila Bhāratīya Bhojapurī Sāhitya Sammelana. 1977.
  2. ^ Sinha, Bindeshwari Prasad (1976). Comprehensive History of Bihar. Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute.
  3. ^ Hussain, Taiyab (2004). Bhojpuri Sahitya ke Sankshipt Ruprekha. Patna: Shabd Sansar. p. 25.
  4. ^ Rai, Viveki (2002). Bhojpuri Sahitya: Pragati ki Pehchan. Patna: Bhojpuri Sahitya Sansthan. pp. 46–47.