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Bindu Sinha - An Educationist and a Writer

When asked about the greatest female writers in Bihar, the name Bindu Sinha immediately comes to mind. The late Mrs. Bindu Sinha’s was born in the village of Murar located in Arrah district on March 3, 1933. She was the third child of Shri Mahesh Prasad Baxi and mother Shrimati Chandrakala Devi.

Since childhood Mrs. Sinha was a very sharp and intelligent person and had a deep passion for acquiring knowledge. She received an MA in Hindi literature.

Humbleness and simplicity were a couple of traits that Mrs. Sinha possessed as a woman. She was married into a well-respected family of Hajipur. Her husband Shri Harimohan Prasad Sinha was considered a very famous lawyer of his time. During her married life, she fulfilled all of her duties as a wife, a mother, as well as a social worker.

Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan, her maternal uncle, had a very strong impact on her life. Taking inspiration from him, she laid the foundation of many social and educational institutions including Girls High School and Vaishali Mahila College. After teaching voluntarily in these institutions, she still remained very much involved with the progress of them.

Mrs. Sinha began writing as a child but during the 1970s she became a "full-time" writer which led to her many published novels. Many magazines including Dharmyug, Saptahik Hindustan, Nari Jagat, Kadmbini, Niharika, Sarita acknowledged her by publishing her short stories on a regular basis. She had a very large readership due to her interesting style of writing. She was a guest speaker on many radio shows. In fact, some of her famous pieces were even translated into different languages, including Braille and interpreted as radio shows. The article written by her in the memory of late Shri Phanishwar Nath Renu after his death is still in the curriculum of Canberra University in Australia. Of all of her writings, the most recognizable ones were Sagar Pakhi (Sea Bird), Tutate Mahal Ke Khambhe (Pillars of the Broken Palace), Anuttari (Unanswered), Unchaas Panne (Forty-Nine Pages), etc.

During the later stages of her life, Mrs. Sinha was diagnosed with blood cancer, a disease that also became the reason of her death. Sadly, she passed away on May 25, 1995, leaving a loving family and a treasure of published and unpublished literary work behind.

(As told by her daughter Mrs. Poonam Verma. Written by Mrs. Sinha's grandson and granddaughter Sameer Sinha and Rhea Sinha).