Two writers. A shared literary world.
From picture stories to palm-leaf records.
From writing to the digital archive.
Two bodies of work.
A language in common.
01 / THE WRITERS
Children’s literature · Translation · Preservation
Maithili picture stories and translated children’s books form a major strand of her work. Videha also credits her with compiling, scanning and cataloguing palm-leaf Panji records.
Writing · Research · Editing
His work spans short fiction, novels, poetry, drama and criticism, alongside language, scripts and literary history. As Videha’s editor, he also works in digital publishing and archives.
Sources: Videha Books · Gajendra Thakur Samagra
A READER’S COMPASS
For the curious reader
Enter children’s literature through Preeti Thakur’s picture stories and translations.
02 / SELECTED WORKS
Books, translations and archives. Open a title to read its original resource.
Videha book catalogue
Source ↗Original Maithili
Source ↗Videha book catalogue
Source ↗Original Maithili
Source ↗Compilation, scanning and cataloguing · Volumes I–XXII
Source ↗A collection of reviews about both writers, by various critics
Source ↗This is a selection. For the complete catalogue, visit Videha Books ↗ . Years refer to editions; an em dash means no year is recorded here.
THE WORK OF PRESERVATION
Preeti’s Panji compilation and Gajendra’s Braille edition bring preservation and access into the same literary world.
Listed by Videha as compiled, scanned and catalogued by Preeti Thakur. Volumes I–XXII · 2007.
Open the Panji archive ↗The 2009 Braille edition is linked from Gajendra Thakur’s collected works.
Explore the Braille resource ↗03 / A LITERARY CHRONOLOGY
Selected milestones in publishing and preservation.
The first edition of the Maithili picture-book translation, revised in 2022.
View source ↗Gajendra Thakur’s blog began on 5 July: a milestone in Videha’s digital history.
View source ↗Compilation, scanning and cataloguing of original Tirhuta palm-leaf records.
View source ↗Gonu Jha and Other Maithili Picture Stories appeared. On 1 January, the fortnightly journal began its journey under the name Videha.
View source ↗Picture-book listing ↗Galp-Guchchha, Sankarshan and Sahasrabarhani; Preeti Thakur’s Maithili Picture Stories.
View source ↗Preeti’s translation My Heart’s Wish and the graphic-novel edition of Gajendra’s Sahasrabarhani.
View source ↗Literature, language resources, audio editions and research projects gathered in the digital Samagra.
View source ↗04 / BEYOND THIS PAGE
Maithili prose, poetry and editorials.
↗02 / LIBRARYAn extensive bibliography of writers and works.
↗03 / YOUNG READERSBooks for children and learning resources.
↗04 / COLLECTED WORKSOriginal writing, translation, audio and research.
↗EDITORIAL NOTES
The catalogue and timeline draw on Videha’s public archive. Read complete works at their original publications. English display titles are descriptive translations or transliterations; they do not imply that the linked book is available in English.
Sources checked 8 September 2026. This selection is not an exhaustive bibliography. Copyright in works and images remains with their respective authors and rights holders.
Preeti Thakur: Videha Mithila Ratna, original photograph.
Gajendra Thakur: Umeshberma, 2009, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. Displayed without alteration.
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