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Mithila Cultural Council
Why in News?
The Mithila Cultural Council (Mithila Sanskriti Parishad), Jamshedpur, became the first Jharkhand-based institution to be affiliated with the Sahitya Akademi under the Maithili Advisory Board.
- The Council is expected to promote, preserve, and enrich the Maithili language and literature in the region by working in tandem with national literary efforts.
- The Sahitya Akademi also approved the translation of 22 books from Punjabi, Odia, Tamil, English, and Hindi into Maithili, as per the Advisory Board’s recommendations.
Maithili Advisory Board
- The Maithili Advisory Board of the Sahitya Akademi is a dedicated panel that oversees and promotes Maithili literature as part of the Akademi’s efforts to support major Indian languages.
- The Sahitya Akademi is India’s National Academy of Letters, supporting 24 recognized languages, each with its advisory board.
- The board includes distinguished Maithili authors, critics, and scholars, who recommend books for publication, organize seminars, and guide literary activities in Maithili.
- The board operates on a term basis, usually for five years, and its members are recognized for their significant contributions to the Maithili literary landscape.
- It helps in the nomination for the Sahitya Akademi Awards in Maithili and helps set linguistic and literary priorities.
Maithili Language
- Maithili is a language spoken in Bihar belonging to the eastern sub-group of the Indo-Aryan branch. Bhojpuri and Magadhi are closely related to the language.
- The language is claimed to have developed from the Magadhan Prakrit.
- It was the literary language of all of eastern India during the medieval period.
- It was popularised in the 14th century by poet Vidyapati and solidified the importance of the language in literature.
- Maithili language has been accorded Constitutional status in 2003 and it became one of the 22 languages mentioned in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
