Yashodhara<\/a><\/em>, where Buddha\u2019s wife laments over her husband\u2019s choices.<\/p>\nMaithili Sharan Gupt was a proponent of plain dialect (Khari Boli) poetry and his poems revolve around the epics of Hinduism and Buddhism. He was a recipient of many awards including the Padma Bhushan and he was christened Rashtra Kavi by Gandhi. Maithili Sharan Gupt is most loved for the way he deals with his female protagonists as he was progressive for the time.<\/p>\n
He was an honorary member of the Rajya Sabha where he shared his poetry about matters of national importance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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At one of our BYOB Parties, one of our reader friends spoke about Maithili Sharan Gupt\u2019s classic work\u00a0Saket<\/a><\/em> (Saket means Ayodhya-vasi or one who lives in Ayodhya). In this rendition of the Ramayan, the author speaks from Lakshmana\u2019s perspective and portrays his wife\u2019s Urmila\u2019s resilience and poetically renders the pain of separation that she must endure. These themes also appear in Yashodhara<\/a><\/em>, where Buddha\u2019s wife laments over her husband\u2019s choices.<\/p>\n