A Parallel History of Mithila & Maithili Literature: Volume 1-100 with Critical Appreciations of Representative Maithili Writers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798257891847)

Issue No. 88 (November-December 2019) of Muse India at http: //museindia.com/ displays Maithili literature in an extremely poor light. Moreover, it wrongly claims to be a representative review of Maithili Literature, whereas it was only in line with the Sahitya Akademi, Delhi; a mere representation of the so-called "dried main drain". It is expected that Muse India will correct itself by announcing an issue exclusively devoted to the parallel tradition of Maithili literature.
T.K. Oommen writes in the "Linguistic Diversity" Chapter of "Sociology", 1988, page 291, National Law School of India University/ Bar Council of India Trust book: "... the Maithili region is found to be economically and culturally dominated by Brahmins and if a separate Maithili State is formed, they may easily get entrenched as the political elite also. This may not be to the liking and advantage of several other castes, the traditionally entrenched or currently ascendant castes. Therefore, in all possibility the latter groups may oppose the formation of a separate Maithili state although they also belong to the Maithili speech community. This type of opposition adversely affects the development of several languages."
T.K. Oomen further writes: "... even when a language is pronounced to be distinct from Hindi, it may be treated as a dialect of Hindi. For example, both Grierson who undertook the classic linguistic survey of India and S. K. Chatterjee, the national professor of linguistics, stated that Maithili is a distinct language. But yet it is treated as a dialect of Hindi". (Ibid, page 293)अपन मंतव्य editorial.staff.videha@zohomail.in पर पठाउ।

Series description:
A PARALLEL HISTORY OF MITHILA & MAITHILI LITERATURE [VOLUME 1-100]

TOME 1 PART 1: VOLUME 1-12 [BOOK 1]
TOME 1 PART 2: VOLUME 13-25 [BOOK 2]

TOME 2: VOLUME 26-50 [BOOK 3]
TOME 3: VOLUME 51-75 [BOOK 4]
TOME 4: VOLUME 76-100 [BOOK 5]

Author: Gajendra Thakur
ISBN-13: 9798257891847
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/18/2026
Pages: 562
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d