A short story collection originally written in Angika, an Indo-Aryan language from Ang Pradesh, Bihar, by Dr. Shivchandra Jha ‘Angiras’, Chaubatiya presents 23 heart-touching stories from the folklore, highlighting the cultural essence of the region, portrayed through the canvas of wondrous imagination and multi-coloured experiences and observations from the walks of life. In this age of consumerism, where the generations are getting lost in the dazzle of city lights, these stories bring the ethos of authentic village life with both richness and suffusion of traditional and new stories, sketching their social milieu and economic conditions.
Dr. Shivchandra Jha took to writing after retiring as Sub Divisional Education Officer from the Bihar Government. With qualifications including MA, PhD, Dip-in-Ed, and LLB, in his brief writing journey, he became a prestigious litterateur in the Angika language due to his extensive literary contributions. His distinguished contribution to Angika literature is in the form of his translated work on ‘Srimad Bhagwat Rahasya’ published by Vikramsheela Research Institute. Translated into Hindi by Award-Winning Bestselling Author Jyoti Jha, ‘Chaubatiya’ is a literary tribute to a father by his daughter. Published by Pustaknama, the book is available on Amazon.
