An artist talk 'Chaupal' held at Dushyant Kumar Memorial Museum of Manuscript on Thursday. The renowned writer Buddhinath Mishra interacted with the audience and shared his life story and recited his few creations.
It was a heartwarming session for the literature lovers of the city, as Mishra interacted with them, sharing his opinion on modern day writing and made the session interesting while sharing some personal stories. Prior to the event, Director of museum Rajukar Raj shared about the layout of Chaupal. He said that Chaupal is a tradition which has been practiced since ages in India. Chaupal is all about personal interaction between groups of people and some villages practice it even now. Keeping that tradition alive artist talk- Chaupal was organised.
The talk began with the introduction of Buddhinath Mishra. Buddhinath was born in Devdha, a village in Samastipur, Bihar, Mithila. He has basically been a poet of romantic mood and cultural sentiment. Even today, there is a very subtle influx of reality in his songs. He later obtained MA and PhD degrees in English and Hindi.
Along with Hindi, he also writes poems in Maithili and is listened to and appreciated with keen interest in the country and abroad. He started his literary journey as a literature and news editor in Aaj Dainik and later as Hindi officer in various government undertakings and eventually retired from ONGC as Chief Manager- Rajbhasha. By joining the official language implementation and promotion of Hindi, instead of developing Hindi as a dying and translation language, he tried to bring it to practical ground.
To begin with he recited some of the lines from his compositions Jaal Phenk Re Machere, Jaade Me Pahad and more. He also narrated memoirs and many songs in the context of many famous litterateurs including Dharamveer Bharati. Mishra talked on many subjects including language, composition craft, verse legislation. He also quoted Valmiki and his contemporaries. Later, he also answered the questions of the audience.