Parallel History Part 43 Quiz | Laxman Jha 'Sagar' & Shail Jha 'Sagar'

1. Laxman Jha ‘Sagar’, one of the central figures of the Maithili parallel tradition, was born on:

a) 1 April 1953
b) 15 August 1950
c) 1 January 1955
d) 7 May 1956

2. Which of the following is a poetry collection by Laxman Jha ‘Sagar’ that deliberately subverts the classical Maithili cuckoo trope by addressing a crow?

a) Jena O Kahlakan
b) Nisoh
c) Uchharr Baisu Kaua
d) Ekah Gadhbere Me

3. Shail Jha ‘Sagar’ wrote a short story titled ‘Pati Parmeshwar’. What does this story critically examine?

a) The dowry system in urban Maithili families
b) The patriarchal ideal of husband as god / lord of the wife
c) Caste hierarchy in Mithila villages
d) The life of Maithili migrant labourers in Assam

4. According to the Videha special issue, Laxman Jha ‘Sagar’ conducted his landmark interview collection ‘Jena O Kahlakan’ using:

a) A digital voice recorder with full transcripts
b) Written questionnaires sent by post
c) Memory, without any tape recorder or notes at the time of utterance
d) Video recordings later transcribed by assistants

5. In Navya-Nyāya epistemology, the pramāṇa of pratyakṣa (direct perception) is demonstrated in Laxman Jha ‘Sagar’s writing most vividly through:

a) The inferential structure of his satire
b) His autobiographical account of being evicted in Kolkata, with specific sensory details
c) The use of classical alaṅkāra in his ghazals
d) The analogical comparison between crow and cuckoo

6. Shail Jha ‘Sagar’s poem ‘Beti’ (Daughter) uses a powerful refrain “Ham beti chhi”. According to Abhinavagupta’s aesthetics, this achieves:

a) Vīra rasa (heroic sentiment) through direct protest
b) Sādhāraṇīkaraṇa – universalisation of the daughter’s experience
c) Bibhatsa rasa (disgust) toward patriarchy
d) Śṛṅgāra vipralambha (love in separation)

7. In the Maithili literary scene, the concept of ‘dampati lekhak’ (literary couple) is best represented by:

a) Nagarjun (Yatri) and his wife
b) Gajendra Thakur and Preeti Thakur
c) Laxman Jha ‘Sagar’ and Shail Jha ‘Sagar’
d) Bechan Thakur and his family

8. Laxman Jha ‘Sagar’s varta-katha collection ‘Nisoh’ (Without Support) and the interview volume ‘Jena O Kahlakan’ are both part of which broader literary tradition as per Videha Parallel History?

a) The Brahminical Sanskritised mainstream canon
b) The democratic, counter-institutional ‘parallel tradition’ of Maithili literature
c) The court poetry of medieval Mithila
d) The official Sahitya Akademi award-winning novels

9. Which Navya-Nyāya pramāṇa is centrally at work in Laxman Jha ‘Sagar’s interview collection, where the recorded testimony of eminent Maithili figures is presented as reliable verbal knowledge?

a) Anumāna (inference)
b) Upamāna (comparison)
c) Śabda (verbal testimony / reliable utterance)
d) Pratyakṣa (direct perception)

10. The Videha special issue dedicated to Laxman Jha ‘Sagar’ (Issue No. 382) was published on:

a) 1 December 2022
b) 15 November 2023
c) 1 January 2024
d) 15 August 2023

11. Which of the following is NOT a work by Laxman Jha ‘Sagar’?

a) Ekah Gadhbere Me
b) Nisoh
c) Jena O Kahlakan
d) Pratyavartan (play)

12. The title ‘Uchharr Baisu Kaua’ (Sit Down, Crow!) uses the crow as a poetic figure. Which Indian critical concept does this best illustrate?

a) Upamāna by antithesis (comparison with the classical cuckoo symbol)
b) Anumāna as direct social inference
c) Śabda as authoritative speech
d) Nirvikalpaka pratyakṣa

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