Anthology of Indian Women Writers in English

Dr. Sudha Verma (1941-1987) obtained M.A. degree in Hindi from Bhagalapur University, obtaining a first class with a gold medal for standing first in 1961 batch. The author was awarded a Ph.D. degree from the Magadh University for a comparative study of the story elements and characters in the Ramacaritamanasa and the extra-Indian versions of the Ramayana (Videshon Men Ramacharitamanasa Ki Paripreksya Men Ramacharitamanasa ki Kathavastu Tatha Charitron Ka Anushilana). For completing this work the author conducted research in Laos and Thailand in 1970-71. she also obtained a two years Diploma in French from Comite de L Allianace Francaise, Vientiane, Laos. For her published work, Agneya Asia Men Ramakatha (1982), Dr. Sudha Verma won Camille Bulcke Award from Government of Bihar in 1986 and Hanumana Mandir Trust award from Calacutta in 1985. Her other work, Manasa Ke Patra Videshi Ramakatha Ke Sandarbha Men (1987) is equally acclaimed for its deep insight in countless variations in the story of Rama. A well-known poet Dr. Sudha Verma began to contribute poems from her student days in 1957. Her early poems were published in Darbhanga Samachara, Jyotsana and other leading Hindi magazines of the day. Her anthology of poems entitled “Tina Dashakon Ki antaryatra” containing a collection of 85 poems written over three decades appeared posthumously in 1990 with a foreword by Kedar Nath Singh. For the preparation of the Tulasidasa A Bibliography the author worked as Honorary Fellow, Centre for South Asian Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA) in 1982. Beginning her career as lecturer in Hindi Department in TNB College, Bhagalpur in 1961, she rose to the status of Reader in the Magadh University where she taught Hindi for two decades in Gautama Buddha Mahila College, Gaya.